peak – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Swirling Clouds Enveloping The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|January 27th, 2024|Categories: Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: clouds, cloudy, conifers, mountains, peak, peaks, sky, snow, snow-covered, snowy, trees, Wasatch Mountain Range, Wasatch Mountains, winter|

There were swirling clouds enveloping some of the snow-covered peaks of the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning. I felt simply compelled to take a few photos.

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West Desert Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk

By Mia McPherson|November 21st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, Buteo regalis, Buteos, clouds, conifers, dark morph, desert, fall, fence post, Ferruginous Hawk, foot, foothills, hawk, hawks, lifting, mountain, mountains, peak, raptors, rocks, sky island mountains, snow, trees, wooden post|

Nearly three years have passed since I found, pointed out, and photographed this stunning dark morph Ferruginous Hawk in the West Desert of Utah.

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Happy Holidays 2020

By Mia McPherson|December 24th, 2020|Categories: Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: clouds, cloudy, holidays, mountains, peak, peaks, snowy, trees, Wasatch Mountains|

If you can't be with friends, family or loved ones this year because of the pandemic I hope that you will be able to talk to them and wish them Happy Holidays on the phone or via video chat.

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Snowy Wasatch Mountain Peak And Sunlight

By Mia McPherson|November 30th, 2020|Categories: Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: blue heron, clouds, evergreen, mountain view, mountains, peak, peaks, sky, snow, snow covered, snowy, sun lit, sunlight, Wasatch Mountain Range, wasattsi, winter|

There are days I spend as much time looking at the scenery as I do photographing birds because I think we live on an amazingly beautiful planet.

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