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Pine Siskin And Rose Hips In Autumn

By Mia McPherson|November 7th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: autumn, Carduelis pinus, declining population, nimadic, Pine Siskin, rose bush, rose hips, siskin, siskins, wild rose|

Pine Siskins are year round residents in Utah but that doesn't mean I get to see them as often as I would like because they are nomadic by nature.

Dancing Wilson’s Plover – Or At Least It Looks That Way

By Mia McPherson|February 7th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus wilsonia, beach, behavior, coastal, coastal island, dancing, declining population, plover, plovers, sand, scratching, shorebirds, spring, Wilson's Plover|

On a May morning in 2008 while photographing this Wilson's Plover it began to scratch itself with its foot and when I took this photo it looked like the plover was dancing.