pine tree – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Autumn Cicada Shell – Why Is It Still Here?

By Mia McPherson|October 25th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Cicadas, Sebastian County|Tags: attached, autumn, bark, Cicada, Cicadoidea, exoskeleton, exuvia, fall, garden, pine tree, shell, suburban, tree, trunk, yard|

Four days ago, I spotted a cicada shell hanging on to a pine tree still clinging to the bark like it had all the time in the world and nowhere to go.

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Carolina Mantis Photos And The Story Behind Them

By Mia McPherson|September 12th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Carolina Mantises, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bark, Carolina Mantis, close up, garden, mantis, mantises, morning light, pine tree, portrait, resting, Stagmomantis carolina, summer, tree, urban, yard|

Yesterday, I spotted and photographed my first Carolina Mantis here in Arkansas. If not for my keen eyesight, I would never have seen the mantis at all.

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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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Baby Eastern Bluebird Images From The Day They Fledged

By Mia McPherson|April 25th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: baby, bluebird, bluebirds, Eastern Bluebird, first day, fledging day, fledgling, garden, immature, juvenile, leave, nest, nest box, pine tree, Sialia sialis, spring, thrush, thrushes, tree, tree trunk, trunk, urban, yard, young|

In my post yesterday I mentioned that three of the Eastern Bluebird chicks left their nest box in my friend Steve's yard. Today I am sharing two photos of them.

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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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