lone – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Solitary Sandhill Crane Foraging In A Pasture

By Mia McPherson|July 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, canyon, crane, cranes, eating, foraging, grass, grasses, lone, mountains, pasture, Sandhill Crane, solitary, stained, summer|

I took this adult Sandhill Crane photo earlier this week as the crane foraged for food in a grassy horse pasture high up in the Wasatch Mountains.

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My First of Winter Snow Goose Sighting

By Mia McPherson|December 26th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: Anser caerulescens, first winter, flight, flying by, geese, goose, immature, lone, pond, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl, winter|

I really did get a Christmas Goose yesterday when I spotted my first of winter Snow Goose that was resting on a boulder near the banks of the Jordan River yesterday.

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Adult Snow Goose on Willow Pond

By Mia McPherson|December 7th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, geese, goose, lone, migration, pond, Snow Goose, urban, water, waterfowl, Willow Pond, winter|

There were several hundred Canada Geese on the pond and because I have seen reports of Cackling and Snow Geese in the area I scanned the pond with my lens and spotted a lone Snow Goose.

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Lone Coyote

By Mia McPherson|June 7th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: adult, Canis latrans, close up, Coyote, coyotes, lone, nature photography, portrait|

I am sharing a portrait of a lone Coyote that I took as this lovely creature foraged for food along the Antelope Island Causeway.

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