pastel – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Communing With Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|March 13th, 2023|Categories: Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, buttes, clouds, crane, cranes, dancing, dawn, farmlands, fields, migration, morning, pair, pastel, red rocks, road, rocks, Sandhill Crane, shrubs, sky, spring migration, sunrise, winter|

I've been thinking a lot about Sandhill Cranes recently so I am going back in time to nine years ago today when I photographed them in Wayne County, Utah.

Tundra Swan In Flight In Early Morning Light

By Mia McPherson|March 7th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: adult, Cygnus columbianus, flight, flying, marsh, pastel, phragmites, phrags, sky, swan, swans, Tundra Swan, vegetation, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

I took this Tundra Swan photo on my most recent trip up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when I came upon hundreds of these swans on the marsh.

Tricolored Herons Times Three

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Tricolored Herons|Tags: adult, coastal, Egretta tricolor, golden light, heron, herons, lagoon, lake, Lake Maggiore, pastel, Pinellas County, soft light, Tricolored Heron, wading birds, walking, water|

I actually like the backgrounds in each of these images, all of them show the habitat that Tricolored Herons might be found in and highlight the birds too.