out – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Focusing On Female A Red-bellied Woodpecker

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, checking, close up, driftwood, eye level, feeder, female, garden, Melanerpes carolinus, out, peeking, portrait, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, turn, urban, waiting, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard|

Today my post focuses on an adult female Red-bellied Woodpecker because she is lovely. I took these images in Arkansas in my friend Steve Creek's yard.

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Urban Double-crested Cormorant Photos In Spring

By Mia McPherson|April 9th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, checking, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, First Spring, flock, immature, Nannopterum auritus, out, park, pond, Salt Lake County, spring, urban, Utah, water, waterbirds|

While looking at my Common Loon photos from last spring, I came across these Double-crested Cormorant photos that I took at the same time last year.

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Common Loon Checking Me Out

By Mia McPherson|December 22nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, checking, Common Loon, Gavia immer, loon, loons, me, out, park, pond, spring, urban, water, waterbirds|

This morning, I am not feeling up to par, so I am sharing a single Common Loon photo that I took in April at my local pond. They are gorgeous birds.

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Downy Woodpecker Photos From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|June 26th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Downy Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: Downy Woodpecker, driftwood, Dryobates pubescens, feeder, immature, male, out, perched, sticking, summer, tongue, urban, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard, young|

When I photographed this immature Downy Woodpecker yesterday in my friend Steve's yard I didn't think I'd get two photos with its tongue sticking out. But I did!

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Focusing On American Coot Photos At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|January 11th, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, big, checking, coot, coots, Davis County, droplets, eating, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, feeding, feet, foot, forating, frost, frosty, Fulica americana, grass, grasses, green, ice, lifted, marsh, out, rest, sip, thin, Utah, vegetation, water, wetland, winter|

Yesterday morning I spent part of my time focusing on taking American Coot photos in the marshes and wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA. I adore these goofy birds.

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Red-naped Sapsucker Showing Its Tongue

By Mia McPherson|August 28th, 2016|Categories: Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, aspen, cavity, forest, nest, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nests, out, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tongue, tree, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

I came across this image and realized that the Red-naped Sapsucker had its tongue stuck out and I hadn't noticed that before.

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