composite – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

An Incredible Shelf Cloud Over Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|October 24th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Miscellaneous, Utah, Weather Phenomena|Tags: Arcus clouds, autumn, Bear River MBR, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, cloud, cloud formations, clouds, composite, Cumulonimbus clouds, fall, flats, morning, panorama, ranchlands, shelf cloud, sky, stormy, tree, unusual, Utah, weather phenomena|

Today, I am sharing a few images of an incredible shelf cloud over Bear River MBR that I was thrilled to see and photograph yesterday morning.

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Winter California And American Herring Gull Comparison In Utah

By Mia McPherson|November 8th, 2022|Categories: American Herring Gulls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, California Gulls, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Herring Gull, beach, Bear River, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, breeding plumage, California Gull, coastal, comparison, composite, Definitive Alternate Plumage, Definitive Basic Plumage, floating, Gulf of Mexico, gull, gulls, ice, ID features, identification, Larus californicus, Larus smithsonianus, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, river, sand, side by side, water, wetlands, winter, winter plumage|

Since I frequently get asked which is which I thought this would be a good time to do a winter California and American Herring Gull comparison and ID feature post.

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Great Egret, Mallards and Hooded and Common Mergansers On The Bear River

By Mia McPherson|December 23rd, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Common Mergansers, Great Egrets, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, Utah|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Bear River, Common Merganser, composite, dabbling ducks, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, egret, egrets, female, Great Egret, hen, Hooded Merganser, ice, Lophodytes cucullatus, male, Mallard, mallards, marsh, merganser, mergansers, Mergus merganser, river, riverbank, snow, wading birds, water, waterfowl, winter|

The Great Egret landed where I had views of Hooded and Common Mergansers and three Mallards resting on the ice on the Bear River.

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Welcome to the Carrion Cafe – Turkey Vulture & Landscape Composite

By Mia McPherson|October 26th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Carrion Cafe, Cathartes aura, composite, landscape, photoshop, portrait, sign, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures|

Two days ago I saw a sign I hadn't seen before and it had me laughing out loud, the sign simply said "Carrion Cafe" in an area that earlier in the year may have had a Turkey Vulture hanging around or soaring overhead.

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An American Pipit with a spider and the boulder behind it

By Mia McPherson|November 13th, 2015|Categories: American Pipits, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, aperture, bokeh, boulder, composite, depth of field, pipit, pipits, prey, Proterozoic Farmington Canyon gneiss, rocks, spider|

I was able to get a few images of an American Pipit with a spider two days ago while photographing the Peregrine Falcon from the Antelope Island causeway.

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