juveniles – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cliff Swallow Juveniles

By Mia McPherson|June 27th, 2011|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Utah|Tags: Box Elder County, Cliff Swallow, Hard-stemmed Bulrush, immature, juveniles, pale-throated variant, perched, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, swallows, young|

Cliff Swallows catch and eat flying insects of many species the wing so I adore them because they eat mosquitoes, an insect that I personally despise!

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Black-billed Magpie juveniles

By Mia McPherson|June 13th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: begging, Black-billed Magpie, calling, close up, immature, juveniles, magpie, magpies, perched, Pica hudsonia, portrait, sagebrush, young|

Adults have black eyes, the Black-billed Magpie juveniles have blue, gray or even violet eyes.

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White Ibis

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2011|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Florida, White Ibises|Tags: adult, bird ID, bird photography, birds, Eudocimus albus, juveniles, Pinellas County, wading bird, White Ibis|

In Florida White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) are a fairly common wading bird in Florida they are also seen along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico

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Burrowing Owls – Loved to Death?

By Mia McPherson|March 14th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Harassment, Nesting Birds, Utah, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette|Tags: adult, Athene cunicularia, Burrowing Owl, flight, juveniles, nature, owl, owls, perched, wildlife ethics|

What made me sick was that there were three of those people tromping around the owl's burrow. I mean RIGHT up on it. They had no need to be that close but they were.

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Brown Pelicans – Feeding Behaviors and Identification

By Mia McPherson|February 19th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: adults, bird ID, Brown Pelican, feeding behavior, flight, flying, Gulf of Mexico, juveniles, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, pelicans, plunge diving, water|

Brown Pelicans feed by diving head first into the water to trap fish in the pouches of their bills.

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An amazing encounter…or two with a young Bald Eagle

By Mia McPherson|February 17th, 2011|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Bald Eagle, bird photography, birds of prey, close up, eagle, eagles, fence, fence rail, flight, flying, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, immature, juvenile, juveniles, marsh, mountains, one year old, perched, portrait, raptors, snow, winter, yearling, young|

I've found Bald Eagles difficult to approach most of the time which is why a long lens is often needed. But not this one year old bald eagle.

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Adult Burrowing Owls

By Mia McPherson|November 23rd, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adults, Athene cunicularia, bird ID, bird photography, birds of prey, Burrowing Owl, desert island, funny, juveniles, owl, owls|

I felt it was time to put the beauty of the adult Burrowing Owls in the limelight.

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Juvenile Flycatchers

By Mia McPherson|November 6th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, High Uintas, Summit County, Tyrant Flycatchers, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, high Uintas, juveniles, pine beetles, tyrant flycatchers, unidentified flycatcher juveniles|

Near the camp site one afternoon I could hear tiny peeping sounds in the pines and I went to investigate, the sweet calls were coming from these juvenile Flycatchers.

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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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Great Horned Owl Chick – Angles and Backgrounds

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: angles, background, backgrounds, birds of prey, bokeh, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmlands, fledgling, grasses, Great Horned Owl, immature, juveniles, ladder, light, old wood, owl, owls, perched, sky, spring, young|

The photographs I have attached to this post are of the same Great Horned Owl fledgling, taken in the same location on the same morning.

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Sage Thrashers

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, behavior, bird ID, chick, comparison, differences, immature, juveniles, Oreoscoptes montanus, perched, rocks, Sage Thrasher, sunflowers, thrasher, thrashers, young|

Sage Thrashers are from the Mimid family. They forage mainly on the ground for insects, though they do eat berries at times.

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Small In The Frame

By Mia McPherson|August 19th, 2010|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Palm Warblers, Small in the frame|Tags: American Oystercatcher, bird photography, birds, Brown Pelican, diving, Haematopus palliatus, juvenile, juveniles, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, nature, Palm Warbler, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, Pinellas County, Setophaga palmarum, shorebird, small in the frame, wildlife|

Though I quite often photograph birds so that they are what is labled "frame filling" I also like to compose images that show the bird or animals small in the frame.

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Burrowing Owl juveniles

By Mia McPherson|August 16th, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Utah, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette|Tags: adult, Athene cunicularia, Burrowing Owl, desert island, funny, grooming, immature, juvenile, juveniles, owl, owls, parallaxing, photography, preening, silly, summer, yawning|

If you have never had the opportunity to photograph Burrowing Owl juveniles I would suggest you find a burrow and be prepared to laugh yourself silly.

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