corvid – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Goodbye February 2021

By Mia McPherson|February 28th, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Black-billed Magpie, corvid, desert island, magpie, magpies, nesting season, Pica hudsonia, puddle, spring, water|

I will not be sad to see February 2021 in the rear view mirror. It has been the second worst month for bird photography on record for me. Ever.

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I Am Never NOT Looking For Birds

By Mia McPherson|October 24th, 2020|Categories: American Crows, Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: accipiter, Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, American Crow, birds of prey, canyon, close up, Cooper’s Hawk, corvid, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, fence rail, frost, grocery store, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, ice, immature, marsh, mountains, parking lot, pine, pine tree, portrait, railing, raptors, walking, winter, wooden fence, young|

It does not matter where I am or what I am doing, I am never not looking for birds.

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Black-billed Magpie Fledgling Perched In A Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|July 18th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, Black-billed Magpie, canyon, close up, corvid, corvids, fledgling, immature, magpie, magpies, mountains, perched, Pica hudsonia, portrait, shrub, Utah Serviceberry, young|

I liked this image of one of the fledgling Black-billed Magpies I photographed because of the serviceberry perch, the great eye contact I had with the young bird and its pose.

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My First Birds of 2020 – American Crows In A Grocery Store Parking Lot

By Mia McPherson|January 2nd, 2020|Categories: American Crows, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: American Crow, corvid, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, fence rail, first birds, frost, ice, marsh, water, wetlands, winter|

I always get excited about what the first bird will be that I see at the beginning of the new year and for two years in a row now my first birds of the year have been American Crows.

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