parking lot – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Nature Center Parking Lot Lesser Goldfinch

By Mia McPherson|September 10th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Lesser Goldfinches, Utah|Tags: branches, female/immature, finch, finches, goldfinch, goldfinches, leaves, Lesser Goldfinch, marsh, parking lot, perched, sky, Spinus psaltria, summer, tree, wetlands|

I photographed this Lesser Goldfinch from the nature center parking lot of Farmington Bay WMA last week. Would you have known that if I hadn't mentioned it?

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Killdeer In A Spring Snowstorm

By Mia McPherson|April 5th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Killdeer, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Charadrius vociferus, close up, cloudy, Killdeer, killdeers, low light, parking lot, parking lot stripe, parking space stripe, plover, plovers, portrait, puddle, shorebirds, snow, snowstorm, spring, standing, urban, walking, water|

Yesterday morning, after blowing, shoveling, and scraping about nine to ten inches of snow, I went looking for birds and found a Killdeer in a spring snowstorm.

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Urban Birds – Parking Lot American Crow

By Mia McPherson|December 7th, 2022|Categories: American Crows, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Crow, autumn, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, fall, fire hydrant, fog, grocery store, parking lot, road, snow, urban|

The fog was so thick yesterday morning that I decided to stay near home and focus on urban birds. My first one of the day was an American Crow in a parking lot.

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I Am Never NOT Looking For Birds

By Mia McPherson|October 24th, 2020|Categories: American Crows, Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: accipiter, Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, American Crow, birds of prey, canyon, close up, Cooper’s Hawk, corvid, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, fence rail, frost, grocery store, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, ice, immature, marsh, mountains, parking lot, pine, pine tree, portrait, railing, raptors, walking, winter, wooden fence, young|

It does not matter where I am or what I am doing, I am never not looking for birds.

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Wintertime Wilson’s Snipes in Snow

By Mia McPherson|December 27th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Wilson's Snipes|Tags: adult, Gallinago delicata, marsh, parking lot, resting, shorebirds, slush, snipe, snipes, snow, wetlands, Wilson's Snipe, winter|

Wilson's Snipes are medium-sized, stocky shorebirds that can be found in Utah year round despite the ice, freezing temperatures and heavy snow we have here during our winters.

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