herons – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Hidden Treasures

By Mia McPherson|December 24th, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Glacier County, Gray Partridges, Least Bitterns, Montana, Roosevelt Wetlands, Tricolored Herons, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, bird ID, Burrowing Owl, Egretta tricolor, Gray Partridge, herons, hidden, Ixobrychus exilis, Least Bittern, owls, Perdix perdix, Tricolored Heron|

As a bird photographer I often strive for images where the subjects are out in the open, without distractions in the fore or background, but as with any photographic "rule", they are made to be broken.

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Black-crowned Night Heron portrait

By Mia McPherson|November 16th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, bird ID, Black-crowned Night Heron, close up, heron, herons, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, portrait, rookery, wading bird, wading birds|

Since I moved to Utah I have never been able to get as close to Black-crowned Night Herons like I was able to approach this bird in Florida.

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Tricolored Herons

By Mia McPherson|October 14th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Tricolored Herons|Tags: adult, bird photographer, bird photography, birding, Egretta tricolor, Fort De Soto County Park, heron, herons, hunting, stalking, Tricolored Heron, wading bird, wading birds, waves|

Another one of my favorite wading birds is the Tricolored Heron, a bird that used to be called the Louisiana Heron. It can be found in estuaries along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in inland freshwater marshes in Florida.

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Great Blue Herons

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, baiting ethics, bird photography, close up, ethics, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, hunting, immature, juveniles, nest, nesting, perched, portrait, prey, sand dune, snag, snow, stalking, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

Great Blue Herons are North America's largest heron and one of the three largest herons in the world.

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Hungry Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|August 22nd, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ghost Crabs, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, crab, eat, eating, feeding, Ghost Crab, Gulf of Mexico, herons, hunting, nature, Nyctanassa violacea, Ocypode quadrata, sand, stalking, wading bird, wading birds, water, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

It didn't take long for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron to grab the crab and send the sand flying.

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Some Days are Magic

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: Egretta caerulea, feeding, herons, hunting, lagoon, Little Blue Heron, north beach, Pipefish, Skyway Bridge, tidal pool, wading birds, water|

Each time I look at one of the images of this Little Blue Heron I have to smile and relish that amazing morning. Yes... some day are magic. I treasure each one.

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