drink – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Tufted Titmouse Getting A Drink In Autumn

By Mia McPherson|November 4th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, autumn, Baeolophus bicolor, birdbath, drink, fall, feeder, garden, reflections, suburban, swallowing, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, water, yard|

It’s a pleasure to see Tufted Titmice so often here in Arkansas—they’re always full of character and much more camera-friendly than their Utah cousins.

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Autumn Female Northern Flicker At A Birdbath

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Northern Flickers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Arkansas, autumn, bird bath, birdbath, Colaptes auratus, drink, fall, female, flicker, flickers, garden, lift off, Northern Flicker, Sebastian County, suburban, take off, water, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard|

Yesterday morning, I was thrilled when a female Northern Flicker flew into the birdbath for a drink on a chilly autumn day. She seemed to glow in the sunlight.

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Eurasian Collared-Dove In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|October 4th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Sebastian County|Tags: Arkansas, autumn, bird bath, birdbath, close up, dove, doves, drink, droplets, Eurasian Collared-Dove, fall, flying, garden, introduced, perched, portrait, Sebastian County, Streptopelia decaocto, urban, water, yard|

I'm sharing some Eurasian Collared-Dove photos this morning. I've photographed them here in Arkansas before, but these are the first images I'm happy with.

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Immature Tufted Titmouse At A Birdbath

By Mia McPherson|July 3rd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: Arkansas, Baeolophus bicolor, birdbath, drink, feeder, garden, immature, juvenile, perched, reflection, Sebastian County, summer, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, urban, water, yard, young|

I was excited when an immature Tufted Titmouse came into my friend Steve Creek's birdbath two days ago to get a drink of refreshing water during the morning.

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Fox Squirrel Drinking From A Bird Bath

By Mia McPherson|May 10th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fox Squirrels, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bird bath, drink, drinking, feeder, Fox Squirrel, garden, mammals, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, urban, water, yard|

I took these photos of a Fox Squirrel when the squirrel came in to enjoy a nice drink of water at my friend Steve's Creek's bird bath in his yard in Arkansas.

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Blue Jay Images From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|May 7th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Arkansas, background, bird bath, Blue Jay, close up, colorful, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, dark, drink, feeder, garden, jay, jays, portrait, rain, Sebastian County, spring, urban, yard|

I had a blast taking these Blue Jay images at Steve Creek's home in Arkansas. Soon after the bluebirds fledged, the jays felt safe to come into the feeders.

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Fall Redhead Drake Photos

By Mia McPherson|November 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Redheads, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Aythya americana, bill, breeding plumage, diving ducks, drake, drink, duck, ducks, duo, fall, fight, fighting, food, full, male, park, pond, Redhead, Redhead Duck, reflections, swimming, urban, water|

On a cold morning two days ago, I had two Redhead drakes in my viewfinder at my local pond. the light was lovely and so were the ducks.

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Focusing On A Ring-billed Gull Drinking Water From An Icy Pond

By Mia McPherson|January 16th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: drink, drinking, gull, gulls, ice, icy, Larus delawarensis, pond, Ring-billed Gull, standing, swallowing, water, winter|

I removed the "Just A" from the title for this post and added "Focusing On A" instead. Why? Because I was focused on observing and photographing this Ring-billed Gull drinking from an icy pond and I'm happy to say that I was.

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An Immature Snow Goose in Salt Lake County

By Mia McPherson|January 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: afternoon light, Anser caerulescens, calling, drink, flight, geese, goose, immature, juvenile, low light, preening, Snow Geese, urban, waterfowl, winter, young|

I can't be certain this is the same goose that I saw on December 26th but I found an immature Snow Goose feeding with some Canada Geese in the grass across the pond.

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Clark’s Grebe Taking A Drink

By Mia McPherson|November 7th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark's Grebes, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus clarkii, Clark's Grebe, drink, drinking, grebe, grebes, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, water, wetlands|

I photographed this Clark's Grebe taking a drink the end of October at Farmington Bay WMA near the four way.

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