habitat destruction – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Sage Thrashers and the Rapidly Disappearing Sea of Sage

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Conservation, Davis County, Environment, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, climate change, desert island, habitat destruction, mating display, mimids, Oreoscoptes montanus, rabbitbrush, Sage Thrasher, sagebrush, sagebrush steppe, Sagebrush-Obligate species, singing, song birds, thrasher, thrashers|

Can the disappearance of Sagebrush Seas be stopped? Yes, it could be but we need lawmakers that believe in science and act on it.

The Tapestry of Ecology

By Mia McPherson|September 29th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Burrowing Owls, Conservation, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, birds of prey, Burrowing Owl, conservation, conservation issues, ecology, Great Salt Lake, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, owl, owls, Western Burrowing Owl|

I often see this phrase "species in decline due to habitat destruction or fragmentation" or something similar and the frequency of seeing that phrase is most likely to become higher.

Reddish Egret

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, bird photography, coastal, Deepwater Horizon, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, fish, Gulf Coast, habitat destruction, lagoon, oil spills, Reddish Egret, wading birds, water|

I photographed this Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) in October of 2008 at Fort De Soto's north beach.