head turn – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Western Meadowlark Amusement

By Mia McPherson|November 2nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: autumn, back view, fall, feathers, flipped, frontal view, head on, head turn, meadowlark, meadowlarks, old lake bottom, perched, profile view, puffed up, ranchlands, roadside, scrunched down, side view, sideways, sky, squatting, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark, wooden post|

Photographing this Western Meadowlark on Monday on my way back to I-15 from Bear River MBR was so much fun for me that it probably ought to be illegal.

Semipalmated Plover Images

By Mia McPherson|October 29th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Semipalmated Plovers|Tags: adult, beach, Charadrius semipalmatus, coast, coastal, head turn, inquisitive, lagoon, low tide, mud, plover, plovers, resting, sand, Semipalmated Plover, shorebirds, summer, walking|

While rifling through my archives I came across some of my Semipalmated Plover photos that I took on the north beach at Fort De Soto County Park in 2008.

American Pipits On The Rocks

By Mia McPherson|September 19th, 2017|Categories: American Pipits, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, autumn, Buff-bellied Pipit, calling, crouching, fall, head turn, marsh, perched, pipit, pipits, rocks, standing tall, Water Pipit|

I've been hearing American Pipits on the wing for a while now and yesterday I was happy to photograph several pipits while they perched on some rocks in northern Utah.