eye level – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Focusing On Female A Red-bellied Woodpecker

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, checking, close up, driftwood, eye level, feeder, female, garden, Melanerpes carolinus, out, peeking, portrait, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, turn, urban, waiting, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard|

Today my post focuses on an adult female Red-bellied Woodpecker because she is lovely. I took these images in Arkansas in my friend Steve Creek's yard.

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Spring Caspian Tern Photos Plus A Bonus Osprey Image

By Mia McPherson|May 4th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Caspian Terns, Ospreys, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, aerial chase, breeding plumage, Caspian Tern, chasing, dive, eye level, flight, flying, Hydroprogne caspia, Osprey, ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, park, pond, raptors, sky, spring, tern, terns, urban|

At the end of last month, I had the pleasure of taking Caspian Tern photos as these terns were flying and fishing at my local pond.

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How Being An Army Brat Netted Me These Red-breasted Nuthatch Photos

By Mia McPherson|November 4th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: Army brat, cone, cones, Douglas fir, eye level, female, forest, hanging, male, nuthatch, nuthatches, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir, seeds, Sitta canadensis, swallowing, upside down|

I proudly credit being an Army Brat on discovering a great location to photograph these Red-breasted Nuthatches and other woodland birds.

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Eye Level With A Rough-legged Hawk Carrying Prey

By Mia McPherson|January 13th, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, causeway, eye level, flight, flying, Great Salt Lake, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, prey, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, winter|

Being at eye level with this Rough-legged Hawk carrying prey along the causeway to Antelope Island is an experience I won't soon forget.

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Farewell to the Swainson’s Hawks – I’m Looking Forward to Rough-legged Hawks

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Rough-legged Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, eye level, fall equinox, flight, flying, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, intermediate morph, perched, raptprs, Rough-legged Hawk, sky, Swainson's Hawk, tree|

Even though I am saying a fond farewell to the Swainson's Hawks I'm also looking forward to Rough-legged Hawks gracing my life for another season.

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Eye Level Northern Harrier

By Mia McPherson|December 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: aerodynamic, birds of prey, Circus hudsonius, eye level, female, flight, flying, harrier, harriers, hawks, hen, immature, juvenile, Marsh hawk, Northern Harrier, raptor, snow, winter|

I love to photograph birds in flight and it doesn't matter which species it is. But I do thoroughly enjoy photographing raptors like this Northern Harrier as they fly by.

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