edge – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Murmuration Of European Starlings On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|December 16th, 2023|Categories: Birds, European Starlings, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, bank, blasting off, constellation, edge, European Starling, fall, flight, flock, flying, lifting off, Murmuration, murmurations, on the wing, park, pond, shore, sky, starling, starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, taking off, trees, urban, water|

I wasn't the only person who noticed the huge murmuration of European Starlings at my local pond yesterday morning; other people stopped and admired them too.

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Mix Of Urban Birds Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2023|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Red-winged Blackbirds, Redheads, Salt Lake County, Savannah Sparrows, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Utah|Tags: accipiter, Accipiter striatus, Accipiters, adult, Agelaius phoeniceus, American Robin, Aythya americana, basketball backstop, blackbird, blackbirds, branches, cattail, close up, cormorant, cormorants, curb, Double-crested Cormorant, drake, duck, ducks, edge, habitat, hawks, immature, landing, male, Nannopterum auritus, neighborhood, park, Passerculus sandwichensis, perched, pond, portrait, raptors, Red-winged Blackbird, Redhead, redheads, robin, robins, Savannah Sparrow, Sharp-shinned Hawk, sky, small in frame, snow, sparrow, sparrows, splash, splashy, spring, stinkeye, thrush, thrushes, tree, Turdus migratorius, urban, water, waterbirds, waterfowl, young|

This mix of urban birds were taken over a two day period close to home. Birds, no matter where they are, bring me joy, happiness, and even laughter.

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Great Blue Heron: Solitude On The Ice

By Mia McPherson|March 6th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, edge, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, ice, marsh, mountains, phragmites, phrags, Promontory Mountains, sky, snow, snow covered, wading birds, wetlands, wide angle, winter|

On my last journey up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I stopped to take photos of a majestic Great Blue Heron enjoying some solitude on the ice.

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More Horned Grebe Photos From Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|January 14th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Horned Grebes, Utah|Tags: adult, calm, dive, diving, edge, grebe, grebes, Horned Grebe, ice, ice shelf, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, open, Podiceps auritus, splashing, surfacing, swimming, water, waterbirds, wetland, winter|

While I was at Bear River MBR on Tuesday I found and photographed the Horned Grebe that I have been seeing at the refuge since the second day of the New Year.

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Focusing On An Adult Black-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|July 19th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, Bear River, Black-crowned Night Heron, breeding plumage, edge, heron, herons, marsh, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, prey, river, still, striking, wading birds|

I was glad to focus on the Black-crowned Night Herons I saw that morning because of late I have seen fewer of them than I have on past years which has meant fewer opportunities to photograph them.

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Spring Killdeer At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|March 31st, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Killdeer, Utah|Tags: alert, Charadrius vociferus, close up, edge, eye ring, Killdeer, killdeers, log, marsh, odd, plover, plovers, portrait, refuge, shorebirds, spring, water, wetlands, yellow orbital ring|

I spent my morning yesterday driving on the very muddy auto tour route at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the birds that I photographed the most were Killdeer, it seemed like I saw them everywhere.

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