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And We Have Lift Off!

By Mia McPherson|June 30th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Horned Larks, Montana, Pinellas County, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-shouldered Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, Utah, Western Meadowlarks, Willets|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Buteo swainsoni, Eremophila alpestris, hawk, hawks, Horned Lark, large game, lark, larks, lift off, meadowlarks, push, Red-shouldered Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, shorebirds, squat, Sturnella neglecta, Swainson's Hawk, thrust, Tringa semipalmata, Western Meadowlark, Willet|

I wanted to share some bird lift off images today so I rounded up a few that showed different styles of lift offs.

This Mule Deer is not a “dumb animal”

By Mia McPherson|October 24th, 2010|Categories: Captive killing - large game, Elk, Moose, Mule Deer, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette|Tags: canned hunts, captive hunts, Elk, fairchase, game farms, hunting ethics, large game, Moose, Mule Deer, nature photography, nature photography ethics, not a dumb animal, private game preserves, Utah, wildlife, wildlife photographer, wildlife photography|

The truly dumb animals are the people who install high fences on private property to cage large game animals inside and then for enormous fees encourage and allow other dumb animals to shoot captive animals and call it hunting.