falling snow – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Killdeer Coping With A Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|December 9th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Killdeer, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Charadrius vociferus, falling snow, Killdeer, plover, plovers, pond, shorebird, shorebirds, small in frame, snow, snow storm, urban, water, winter|

Birds that we might think are too delicate to survive the freezing temps, howling winds and driving snow can and do surprise us with their strength and tenacity.

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Resting Great Blue Heron With American Coots At The Local Pond

By Mia McPherson|December 4th, 2018|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Great Blue Herons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, Ardea herodias, coot, coots, falling snow, Fulica americana, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, pond, snow, snow storm, storm, urban, wading birds|

This photo of a resting Great Blue Heron with American Coots was taken yesterday afternoon when the sun was shining on the same shoreline of my local pond as one of the photos I shared here on my blog yesterday.

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American Coots & Canada Geese In A Winter Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|December 3rd, 2018|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, cattails, coot, coots, falling snow, Fulica americana, geese, goose, pond, snow, snow storm, urban, waterfowl, winter|

Neither of these images will knock anyone's socks off but for me they show these coots and geese in the snow storm and the harsh conditions they live in, just birds being birds.

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Canada Goose calling in the snow

By Mia McPherson|December 14th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, calling, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, falling snow, fog, geese, goose, Great Salt Lake, high key, lake bed, pair, snow, snowy, waterfowl, whiteout, winter|

I think I am as excited as this Canada Goose calling in the snow that I photographed in February of 2013 along the causeway to Antelope Island State Park.

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Golden Eagle in falling snow

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Golden Eagles, Utah|Tags: Aquila chrysaetos, birds of prey, desert island, eagle, eagles, falling snow, flight, flying, Golden Eagle, raptor, raptors, snow, snow storm, winter|

Yesterday morning found me on Antelope Island in low light and falling snow with a pair of Golden Eagles wishing for better light and clear skies.

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Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow in a snow storm

By Mia McPherson|December 24th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Low light, Small in the frame, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: falling snow, immature, juvenile, low light, small in the frame, snow, snow covered, snow storm, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

The White-crowned Sparrow in this image is small in the frame, the bird isn't super sharp and there isn't a lot of contrast or color to the photo either yet the image speaks to me.

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Northern Harrier in Low Light

By Mia McPherson|May 16th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, birds of prey, Circus hudsonius, falling snow, flight, fog, harrier, harriers, hawks, hovering, inversion, low light, Marsh hawk, marshes, Northern Harrier, raptors, snow, Wasatch Mountains, winter|

I don't mind the motion blur in these images and because northern harriers hunt by looking down at the ground for their prey I was very happy to get eye contact in both frames.

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