on the wing – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ring-billed Gulls in Flight in Varying Light

By Mia McPherson|December 23rd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah|Tags: adult, clear sky, cloudy, flight, flying, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, marsh, on the wing, Ring-billed Gull, sky, water, wetlands, winter|

Over the past week I have been able to photograph several Ring-billed Gulls in flight in varying light and like the way they turned out.

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Western Kingbirds On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|June 1st, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, bird photography, desert, flight, flycatcher, flycatchers, flying, island, kingbird, kingbirds, landing, lift off, on the wing, sagebrush, take off, Tyrannus verticalis, Western Kingbird|

I had fun photographing Western Kingbirds again yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and hours later I was still hearing their calls in my mind.

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Western Meadowlark on the wing

By Mia McPherson|July 1st, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, bird photography, flight, flying, meadowlark, meadowlarks, on the wing, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

The smaller a bird is the harder it is to get flight shots of them and track them with a long lens so I was very happy to get this Western Meadowlark on the wing.

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Western Meadowlark On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|March 24th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, desert, flight, flying, island, lift off, meadowlark, meadowlarks, on the wing, sagebrush, stump, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

Five days ago while on Antelope Island I photographed this Western Meadowlark as it sang on the stump of a dead Sagebrush.

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California Gull On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, California Gulls, Environment, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Buffalo Point, California Gull, Davis County, flight, flying, gull, gulls, Larus californicus, on the wing|

Photographing this California Gull on the wing was a highlight of my morning the day I took this photo. I love to photograph gulls.

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