fire – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Dickcissel Images From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|May 22nd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Dickcissels, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomlands, burned, burnt, Dickcissel, Dickcissels, fire, leaves, male, perched, snag, spring, top, tree|

I've been enjoying taking photos of Dickcissels at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge since I arrived in Oklahoma. Hearing them sing has also been a joy.

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Great Blue Heron In The High Country

By Mia McPherson|August 19th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, air quality, Ardea herodias, canyon, creek, fire, grasses, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, mountains, rain, smoke, stream, summer, wading birds, water, wind|

It has been a week now since I photographed this Great Blue Heron and have been able to get out into the field because of smoke, wind, fire, and rain.

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Willow Flycatcher Plus Info On The Parleys Canyon Fire

By Mia McPherson|August 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: #ParleysCanyonFire, adult, Black twinberry honeysuckle, canyon, Empidonax traillii, Empids, fire, flycatcher, flycatchers, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, I-80, Interstate, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, Parleys Canyon, perched, riparian habitat, summer, tyrant flycatchers, Wasatch Mountains, wildfire, Willow Flycatcher|

I-80 runs east/west through Parleys Canyon and just after 1 pm a catalytic convertor ejected hot particles along the roadside which started the #ParleysCanyonFire.

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Wildfire on Antelope Island State Park (Update)

By Mia McPherson|July 23rd, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Cheatgrass, drones, dry conditions, fire, lightning, new drone laws in Utah, wildfire|

Friday evening a wildfire started on Antelope Island State Park several miles northwest of Fielding Garr Ranch. The cause is thought to be lightning.

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