memories – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

California Tortoiseshell Butterfly And Blooming Fragrant Sumac

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, California Tortoiseshell Butterflies, Shrubs, Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, Utah|Tags: blooming, bush, buterflies, butterfly, California Tortoiseshell, desert, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, memories, Nymphalis californica, perched, Rhus aromatica, shrub, spring, sumac, wildflowers|

I had this California Tortoiseshell butterfly nectaring on blooming Fragrant Sumac up in a far northern Utah desert in my viewfinder four years ago today.

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Underwing Moth in the Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 29th, 2021|Categories: Morgan County, Underwing Moths, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, Catocala, floor, memories, moth, moths, mountains, riparian zone, summer, Underwing Moth, vault toilet|

Finding this stunning Underwing Moth high in the Wasatch Mountains was a bit of a surprise two days ago because of how I found it and the memories it brought back.

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Memories Of Photographing A Very Cooperative Turkey Vulture

By Mia McPherson|March 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, Cathartes aura, cooperative, fence post, memories, perched, photographing, rousing, shaking, spring, stretch, stretching, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, wildflowers, wing, wooden post, yellow wildflowers|

The memories of photographing this Turkey Vulture that spring morning have made me feel excited because these vultures are heading north now and soon I will have them in my viewfinder again.

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Great Egret on the hunt

By Mia McPherson|December 22nd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, bird photography, birds, coastal, egret, egrets, foraging, Gulf Coast, hunting, lagoon, memories, photographing, quiet, simple, tidal, warmer|

Just a simple Great Egret hunting in a quiet tidal lagoon today that takes me back to warmer memories spent with good friends on Florida's Gulf Coast.

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