Interior West – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Winter White-crowned Sparrow Portrait

By Mia McPherson|February 26th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: adult, close up, Gambel's, Greasewood, Interior West, marsh, perched, portrait, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, sky, sparrow, sparrows, Western Taiga, wetlands, White-crowned Sparrow, winter, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

I haven't seen as many sparrows this winter as I typically do, so I was tickled to take a few White-crowned Sparrow portraits at Farmington Bay WMA on Friday.

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White-crowned Sparrow Adult Perched In A Hackberry Tree

By Mia McPherson|October 23rd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: adult, autumn, blooming, blue sky, fruits, hackberry, Interior West, Mountain White-crowned Sparrow, perched, rabbitbrush, sparrow, sparrows, tree, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha|

I photographed this adult White-crowned Sparrow about two weeks ago in northern Utah while it perched on a hackberry tree on a hill with blooming rabbitbrush in the background.

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Franklin’s Gull and Laughing Gull Comparison

By Mia McPherson|May 2nd, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Franklin's Gulls, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: bird identification, brine flies, brine fly, chests, coastal, comparison, dark hoods, eye-arcs, Franklin's Gull, grasslands, gull, gulls, inland, Interior West, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Leucophaeus pipixcan, mirrors, pink tint, prairie, primaries, reddish legs, similar, similarities|

I know this isn't a complete Franklin's Gull and Laughing Gull comparison but I'm not a scientist, just a bird photographer and bird lover.

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Interior West White-crowned Sparrow

By Mia McPherson|September 19th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: adult, Amelanchier alnifolia, Interior West, Saskatoon serviceberry, sparrows, Western Serviceberry, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha|

Bird photography isn't easy and for smaller birds like this adult White-crowned Sparrow it can be challenging and require more patience than when photographing larger birds.

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