Nikon D500 – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Autumn Loggerhead Shrike

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, autumn colors, desert, fall, fall colors, Fragrant Sumac, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Nikon D500, Rhus aromatica, shrike, shrikes, sky, sumac|

This adult Loggerhead Shrike perched on a Fragrant Sumac was among the birds that I found yesterday morning way up in northern Utah.

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Fall Hooded Merganser At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|October 17th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Hooded Mergansers, Utah|Tags: autumn, autumn colors, colors, diving ducks, duck, ducks, fall, female, hen, Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, marsh, merganser, mergansers, mirror, Nikon D500, pond, reflections, shutter replacement cost, small in frame, water, wetlands|

This morning I am sharing a simple image of a Hooded Merganser I found two days ago on a pond at Farmington Bay WMA that had autumn colors reflected on the water.

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Two Red-tailed Hawks in Idaho – One Year With The Nikon D500

By Mia McPherson|September 15th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, defecating, hawks, juvenile, lifting off, Nikon D500, pooping, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, sub-adult, telegraph pole|

A year ago today I was photographing lots of Red-tailed Hawks in Clark County, Idaho and using my Nikon D500 in the field for the first time.

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Pair of Red-tailed Hawks Mating – A Wild 34 Seconds

By Mia McPherson|March 30th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, copulating, dismounting, female, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lichen, male, mating, mating behavior, mounting, Nikon D500, raptors, red tail hawk, red-tailed, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, rocky outcropping|

What I didn't expect yesterday was that I would be able to photograph the Red-tailed Hawks mating on the lichen-covered outcropping but that is what happened

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Sub-adult Red-tailed Hawk in Clark County, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|September 16th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, hawks, light eyes, Nikon D500, perched, raptors, red tail hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, sub-adult|

I do love the look I was getting from the sub-adult Red-tailed Hawk just before it flew away to land on a perch on the other side of the railroad tracks

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