guarding – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Violet-green Swallow Photos

By Mia McPherson|May 27th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: adult, alpine forest, branch, branches, canyon, female, flight, flying, forest, guarding, male, mountains, nesting cavity, scuffling, sky, sky island mountains, spring, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta thalassina, Tooele County, tree, trees, tussling, Utah, Violet-green Swallow, west desert|

Yesterday I was able to take the Violet-green Swallow photos that I have been dreaming of since I first moved to Utah in 2009.

American Avocet Chicks Have Hatched At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|June 26th, 2019|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Avocet, avocet, avocets, chick, flight, foraging, guarding, hatched, male, marsh, Recurvirostra americana, shorebirds, wetlands|

Three days ago I was tickled to finally see some American Avocet chicks on the marsh at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, I've been waiting to see these little puff balls this year!

Male Burrowing Owl With Blooming Redstem Filaree

By Mia McPherson|April 20th, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, birds of prey, burrow, Burrowing Owl, desert owl, Erodium cicutarium, gopher owl, ground owl, guarding, howdy owl, introduced, male, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, pink wildflowers, prairie dog owl, Redstem Filaree, spring, wildflowers|

Yesterday I was lucky enough to find a male Burrowing Owl whose burrow is in front of a clump of Redstem Filaree that is blooming profusely and for me that was a joy because I had two of my favorite subjects in the same frame.