declining populations – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Monarch Butterflies and Rocky Mountain Bee Plants in Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|August 5th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: butterflies, butterfly, Cleomella serrulata, Danaus plexippus, declining populations, early morning light, Monarch, Monarch Butterfly, nectaring, pink wildflowers, resting, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflowers|

Last year I found plenty of Monarch Butterflies on the Rocky Mountain Bee Plants on Antelope Island and they were a delight to photograph as they fluttered around going from flower to flower sipping nectar from the delicate blossoms.

Sibling Burrowing Owls

By Mia McPherson|June 19th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, bird photography, Burrowing Owl, declining populations, fence, fence post, juveniles, owl, owlets, owls, siblings, Western Burrowing Owl|

Yesterday while wandering around in northern Utah I spotted an adult and then 5 sibling Burrowing Owls also showed up to perch on an old fence line.

Female Kestrel With Prey On A Snowy Day

By Mia McPherson|December 23rd, 2014|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Kestrel, declining populations, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, female, kestrel, kestrels, marsh, nest box monitoring, prey, raptors, snowy, wetlands, winter, wooden post|

I've been seeing plenty of American Kestrels lately but none have been close enough to get nice images of so I pulled this one out of my archives from 2010.