power pole – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Young Bald Eagle Looking Fierce

By Mia McPherson|February 28th, 2023|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: Bald Eagle, blue, desert, eagle, eagles, Eagles of Utah, fierce, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, looking, perched, pole, power pole, ranchlands, raptors, sky, subadult, winter, young|

Today I'm sharing a photo of a young Bald Eagle who was looking mighty fierce while perched on a power pole that I took last February on a very cold morning.

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Fall Wild Turkey Hen Images

By Mia McPherson|November 17th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, autumn, beam, desert, fall, female, hen, look out, Meleagris gallopavo, metal, pole barn, power pole, ranchlands, rusty, turkey, turkeys, upland terrestrial birds, walking, Wild Turkey|

I spotted this Wild Turkey hen walking on a rusty, metal beam of a dilapidated pole barn and I knew that I had to take images of her.

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Ferruginous And Rough-legged Hawk Lift Off Photos

By Mia McPherson|February 22nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteo regalis, Buteos, feathered legs, feathered tarsi, feet, Ferruginous Hawk, first winter, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, legs, lift off, lifting off, light morph, male, power pole, raptors, rock, rocks, Rough-legged Hawk, sky, take off, taking off, young|

Yesterday morning I was able to take Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawk lift off photos where both of the raptors still had their feet on their perches.

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Looking Back On Photographing A Rare Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|November 16th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Leucistic, Rarities, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, back lit, birds, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawks, Hawks of Utah, leucism, leucistic, lift off, lifting off, perched, power pole, rare, Red-tailed Hawk, take off, taking off, tree|

Even though it is now four years later I still look for this striking leucistic Red-tailed Hawk in Tooele County and hope to find and photograph it again one day.

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Four Years Ago Today I Found A Rare Upland Sandpiper

By Mia McPherson|August 31st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Rarities, Upland Sandpipers, Utah|Tags: Bartramia longicauda, calling, chattering, hills, perched, power pole, rare, rarity, records committee, sagebrush steppe, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, sighting, summer, Upland Sandpiper|

Four years ago today stopping for a Golden Eagle perched on a power pole in Box Elder County would net me a rare Upland Sandpiper sighting because of the sandpiper's chattering call.

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Adult Peregrine Falcon and Godzilla Perched High Over the County Landfill

By Mia McPherson|September 24th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Lee Kay Ponds, Peregrine Falcons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, dump, Falco peregrinus, falcon, falcons, Godzilla, landfill, odd things I find, perched, Peregrine Falcon, power pole, rusty, Salt Lake County Landfill|

The Peregrine Falcon was quite content on its rusty, lofty perch and didn't do anything but turn its head to see what was going on down below it.

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Time to be on the Lookout for Juvenile Swainson’s Hawks

By Mia McPherson|August 15th, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, hawks, Hawks of Montana, Hawks of Utah, juvenile, perched, power pole, raptors, scratching, Swainson's Hawk|

I saw my first juvenile Swainson's Hawk of the year last week and although it didn't give me any opportunities to take better images of it I was happy to see it perched on a power pole.

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Interesting Ferruginous Hawk Horizontal Take Off – It Made Me Laugh

By Mia McPherson|November 16th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, desert, feathered legs, feathered tarsi, Ferruginous Hawk, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, horizontal, light morph, power pole, raptors, sky, take off|

I have to say that when I viewed this image on my monitor of the Ferruginous Hawk taking off from the power pole yesterday that I laughed out loud.

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Swainson’s Hawk Juvenile Jumping To A New Perch

By Mia McPherson|September 14th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: alula, alulae, bastard wing, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, hawk, hawks, immature, jumping, juvenile, perch, power pole, raptors, Swainson's Hawk, young|

I photographed a Swainson's Hawk family for several mornings while I was in Montana and this is one of the juveniles I focused on.

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On the Wing Photography has landed in its new home!

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Ferruginous Hawks, Montana|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, Ferruginous Hawk, fully spread wings, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, landing, landing pose, light morph, open wings, pole, power pole, raptors, spread wings, valley|

Like this handsome Ferruginous Hawk that I photographed in the centennial Valley of Montana... On The Wing Photography has landed!

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The Osprey VS the Black-billed Magpie

By Mia McPherson|September 19th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Ospreys, Utah|Tags: Antelope Flat, bird photography, Black-billed Magpie, fish, magpie, magpies, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Pica hudsonia, pole, power pole, swipe|

In May of this year I camped at Antelope Flat in the Flaming Gorge National recreation Area and near the boat ramp there was an Osprey nest.

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