grassy – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Kamas Valley Sandhill Crane Photos

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Kamas Valley, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, crane, cranes, field, foraging, Gateway to the Uintas, grass, grasses, grassy, mottled, pasture, pre-migration, ranchlands, Sandhill Crane, summer|

Yesterday, on the way to the Uinta Mountains, April Olson and I looked for birds in the Kamas Valley. That's where I took these Sandhill Crane photos.

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Puzzling Mule Deer Doe Behavior

By Mia McPherson|September 5th, 2022|Categories: Mule Deer, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, behavior, canyon, creek, creek bank., crossing, deer, doe, drinking, fawn, female, grassy, immature, kicking, mammals, mountains, Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, stream, stream bank, summer, tangled, water, young|

Last week while I was up in the Wasatch Mountains is saw some interesting Mule Deer doe behavior after I started to take images of two does and two fawns.

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Turkey Vultures Have Returned To Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|March 30th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, carrion, Cathartes aura, desert, grass, grasses, grassy, hillside, ranchlands, spring, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures|

I'm itching to get back out into the field because I want to see my first of the year Turkey Vultures on the wing.

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Red-tailed Hawk Juveniles On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|September 27th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: autumn, bird photography, Buteo jamaicensis, desert island, fall, flight, flying, grassy, grassy slope, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, juvenile, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk|

One of the juvenile Red-tailed Hawks I photographed on Antelope Island last year has "migrated" to Switzerland where my photo of it will be featured on a 5 x 15 meter sign for a yacht company.

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