mound – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Happy Halloween 2024!

By Mia McPherson|October 31st, 2024|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Common Ravens, Davis County, Utah|Tags: calling, Common Raven, corvids, Corvus corax, desert island, Great Salt Lake, Halloween, mound, raven, ravens, snow, snowy, winter|

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Today, I’m sharing a black-and-white photo of a Common Raven calling out from a snowy mound with the Great Salt Lake stretched behind.

American Coot On The Last Day Of Winter

By Mia McPherson|March 21st, 2024|Categories: American Coots, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, enter, entering, Fulica americana, marsh, mound, phragmites, phrags, water, wetlands, winter|

One of the birds I photographed on the last day of winter at Bear River MBR was an American Coot. I happen to like seeing their big, funky-looking feet.

Great-tailed Grackle Photos After a Spring Snowstorm

By Mia McPherson|April 9th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bill, close up, displaying, grackle, grackles, Great-tailed Grackle, male, mound, park, poking, portrait, Quiscalus mexicanus, Salt Lake County, snow, snowy, spring, trudging, unique, urban, Utah|

Taking Great-tailed Grackle photos after our recent spring snowstorm was fun. I had never seen photos of this species in the snow before I took these.