food web – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Salt Lake Brine Flies – Important Food Source For California Gulls

By Mia McPherson|July 14th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, California Gulls, Davis County, Utah|Tags: active feeding, brine flies, California Gull, chasing, Ephydra cinerea, Ephydra hians, food source, food web, Great Salt Lake, gull, gulls, hypersaline, immature, Larus californicus, scoop|

Brine flies that live in the Great Salt Lake are an important food source for California Gulls and watching the gulls feed on the flies is fascinating as they use several techniques to catch them.

Coyote and Black-billed Magpies Scavenging to Survive

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Black-billed Magpie, Canis latrans, carcass, carrion, Coyote, deer, ecosystem, food, food web, harsh, magpie, magpies, opportunistic, Pica hudsonia, predators, scavenger, scavengers, Scavenging, snow, survive, winter|

One year ago today I found, pointed out and photographed a Coyote and Black-billed Magpies scavenging a deer carcass to survive on Antelope Island State Park.

Antelope Island Spiders – An Important Part of the Food Web

By Mia McPherson|August 2nd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, Prairie Falcons, Utah, Western Spotted Orbweaver|Tags: Arachnids, Arachnophilia, biodiversity, birds of prey, brine fly, Ephydra cinerea, Ephydra hians, Falco mexicanus, falcon, falcons, food web, Prairie Falcon, spider, spiders, Western Spotted Orbweaver|

This coming Saturday, August 8, 2015, is the date 0f the annual Spider Festival on Antelope Island State Park and there should be plenty of spiders to be seen, almost a bumper crop of them!