preened – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

How I Found This Secretive Virginia Rail At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|October 16th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Virginia Rails|Tags: adult, autumn, bill, cattail, cattails, cold, cover, Davis County, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, flapping wings, heading, marsh, morning, open, preened, rail, rails, Rallus limicola, reflection, stretching, sunlight, tiptoes, Utah, Virginia Rail, water, wetlands|

Today I wanted to write about how I found this secretive Virginia Rail in the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA yesterday morning.

More Owls, Turkey Vultures plus a Third Year Bald Eagle

By Mia McPherson|April 5th, 2016|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: age progression, Asio flammeus, Athene cunicularia, Bald Eagle, Burrowing Owl, Cathartes aura, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, pair, preened, roused, Short-eared Owl, spread wing posture, sunning, thermoregulation, third year, Turkey Vulture|

I mentioned in my post about Short-eared Owls yesterday that I saw Burrowing Owls, Turkey Vultures and a third year Bald Eagle juvenile in northern Utah so I thought I would share a few more images form the northern Utah excursion.

Loggerhead Shrike and its prey

By Mia McPherson|May 6th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: adult, bill, bird photography, hunched down, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, open, perched, preened, prey, rabbitbrush, shrike, shrikes, side view, vole|

A few weeks ago I was able to photograph a Loggerhead Shrike near the marina on Antelope Island State Park, Utah. It was an interesting experience for several reasons.