feeding – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Shorebirds of Fort De Soto – Marbled Godwits

By Mia McPherson|November 10th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, bills, blur, coast, coastal, crustaceans, feeding, flight, flying, foraging, funny pose, Godwit, godwits, graceful, grasshoppers, Great Plains, Gulf of Mexico, insects, lagoon, landing, Limosa fedoa, low tide, Marbled Godwit, mixed flocks, mollusks, mudflats, one leg, plant tubers, preening, probe, resting, shorebirds, tundra, water|

Marbled Godwits are graceful birds while on the ground, feeding and in flight.

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American White Pelicans – Class Picture

By Mia McPherson|November 7th, 2010|Categories: American White Pelicans, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American White Pelican, class picture, cooperative feeding, Davis County, feeding, feeding behavior, flock, foraging, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, pond, water, white pelicans|

This image cracks me up as it reminds me of how in elementary school we would all have to line up for the class picture.

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Hungry Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|August 22nd, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ghost Crabs, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, crab, eat, eating, feeding, Ghost Crab, Gulf of Mexico, herons, hunting, nature, Nyctanassa violacea, Ocypode quadrata, sand, stalking, wading bird, wading birds, water, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

It didn't take long for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron to grab the crab and send the sand flying.

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Some Days are Magic

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: Egretta caerulea, feeding, herons, hunting, lagoon, Little Blue Heron, north beach, Pipefish, Skyway Bridge, tidal pool, wading birds, water|

Each time I look at one of the images of this Little Blue Heron I have to smile and relish that amazing morning. Yes... some day are magic. I treasure each one.

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