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Swainson’s Hawk Landing on the Rocks in Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2016|Categories: Box Elder County, Swainson's Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, landing, landing pose, lichen, male, raptors, rocks, sage, sagebrush, Swainson's Hawk|

Five days ago I photographed this male Swainson's Hawk landing with his talons reaching out for the lichen covered rocks he was going to perch on.

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Bald Eagle landing on ice in a fog at Farmington Bay WMA

By Mia McPherson|October 19th, 2015|Categories: Baiting, Bald Eagles, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: adult, Bald Eagle, birds of prey, eagle, eagles, flight, flying, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, ice, landing, landing pose, marsh, raptors, snow, wetlands, winter|

During the winter Farmington Bay has a large population of overwintering Bald Eagles that migrate down from northern states and Canada.

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Double-crested Cormorant coming in for a landing

By Mia McPherson|March 9th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: birds, coast, coastal, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, flight, flying, Gulf of Mexico, landing, landing pose, molt, molting, Nannopterum auritus, Pinellas County, sky|

I'm glad the Double-crested Cormorant didn't decide to relive itself as it came in to land or I might have been wearing white-wash!

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Birds of the Shore: American Oystercatchers

By Mia McPherson|September 8th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, beach, Gulf of Mexico, Haematopus palliatus, landing, landing pose, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, raised wings, shore, shorebirds, shoreline, water, waves|

American Oystercatchers are specialized in that their diet consists of bivalves and they do use that flashy orange bill to pry some of them open.

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On the Wing Photography has landed in its new home!

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Ferruginous Hawks, Montana|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, Ferruginous Hawk, fully spread wings, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, landing, landing pose, light morph, open wings, pole, power pole, raptors, spread wings, valley|

Like this handsome Ferruginous Hawk that I photographed in the centennial Valley of Montana... On The Wing Photography has landed!

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