pine – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cicada Shell And The Photographer Who Took The Image

By Mia McPherson|August 17th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Cicadas, Sebastian County|Tags: bark, Canon, Cicada, cicadas, exoskeleton, exuvia, Mia McPherson, photographer, photographing, pine, pine tree, R7, shell, Steve Creek, summer, tree, tree trunk, trees|

This cicada shell on a pine tree was photographed by little old me in Arkansas yesterday. The photo of me taking this image is by my dear friend, Steve Creek.

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Young And Adult Blue Jay Photos From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Blue Jay, branch, calling, Cicada, close up, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, driftwood, drinking, exoskeleton, immature, jay, jays, pine, portrait, spring, summer, tree, trunk, urban, water, yard, young|

This morning, I am sharing young and adult Blue Jay photos that I took from my dear friend Steve Creek's deck while I was staying with him in Arkansas.

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Great Crested Flycatcher In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|July 29th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Great Crested Flycatchers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, branch, flycatcher, flycatchers, Great Crested Flycatcher, leaves, Myiarchus crinitus, oak, perched, pine, summer, trees, tyrant flycatchers, urban, yard|

While I visited my friend Steve in Arkansas, I was happy to hear, see, and take a few Great Crested Flycatcher photos in his yard and at the refuge in Oklahoma.

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Young Red-bellied Woodpecker Learning To Peck Wood

By Mia McPherson|July 3rd, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: baby, branch, feeder, fledgling, immature, Melanerpes carolinus, pecking, pine, Red-bellied Woodpecker, summer, urban, wood, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard, young|

I photographed this young Red-bellied Woodpecker last month in Arkansas. I was visiting my dear friend and fellow photographer, Steve Creek.

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Male Great-tailed Grackle – Whatchu Lookin’ At?

By Mia McPherson|March 18th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, blackbird, blackbirds, breeding season, close up, displaying, grackle, grackles, Great-tailed Grackle, male, park, pine, portrait, Quiscalus mexicanus, sky, tree, urban, winter|

When I photographed this Great-tailed Grackle male in a pine yesterday I was torn between focusing on taking photos of him and laughing out loud.

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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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Mountain Bluebird On a Rustic Pine Fence – Life is Good

By Mia McPherson|July 13th, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, fence, male, Mountain Bluebird, pine, public lands, rustic, Sialia currucoides, summer, thrush, thrushes, valley|

Today's post is just a simple bird. A sky blue Mountain Bluebird perched on a rustic pine fence railing taken on a bright beautiful morning in the Centennial Valley of Montana.

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Pair of immature Great Blue Herons in a nest in Florida

By Mia McPherson|December 4th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Blue Herons, John Chesnut Sr. Park, Pinellas County|Tags: Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, immature, juvenile, low light, nest, pine, wading birds, young|

The Great Blue Herons here in Utah are dealing with ice, snow and bitter cold temperatures now but the Great Blue Herons in Florida they have started courting and building their nests.

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Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun

By Mia McPherson|March 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, back lit, barrier island, branch, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal island, feeding, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, key, owl, owlet, owls, pine, slash pine forest, tree, winter, young|

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida?

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Red-shouldered Hawk from Sawgrass Lake Park, Florida

By Mia McPherson|September 12th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, birds of prey, buteo, Buteo lineatus, Buteo lineatus extimus, forest, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, pale head, perched, pine, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, swamp, tree, trees|

There are five recognized subspecies of Red-shouldered Hawks with the Florida Red-shouldered Hawks having the palest heads and plumage. I believe this Red-shouldered Hawk adult is from the Florida race, Buteo lineatus extimus.

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