ranch – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spring Male Ring-necked Pheasant Portraits

By Mia McPherson|April 8th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Ring-necked Pheasants, Utah|Tags: adult, close up, early morning light, farm, male, Phasianus colchicus, pheasant, pheasants, portrait, ranch, Ring-necked Pheasant, spring, upland terrestrial birds, valley|

I was tickled to be able to take a nice series of male Ring-necked Pheasant portraits yesterday morning in early morning light in Box Elder County, Utah.

Focusing On Taking Immature Cooper’s Hawk Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 7th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Cooper’s Hawks, Utah|Tags: accipiter, Accipiters, birds of prey, blooming, Cooper’s Hawk, defecating, desert, early morning light, gate, hawk, hawks, immature, morning, poop, pooping, railing, ranch, raptors, smoky, sunflowers, wild Sunflowers, wildflowers, young|

The first bird I photographed yesterday morning was an immature Cooper's Hawk that I found because I spotted a Red-tailed Hawk on a cliff face that the young accipiter decided to harass.

Wild Turkeys, Hay Bales And The Noisy Diesel Pickup That Chased Them Away

By Mia McPherson|February 9th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Etiquette, Utah, Wild Turkeys|Tags: alert, colorful, diesel pickup, etiquette, feeding, female, hay, hay bales, hen, light colored, Meleagris gallopavo, noisy, ranch, shadow, stack, stressed, ticked off, turkey, turkeys, upland terrestrial birds, Wild Turkey, winter|

In about the span of minute all of the Wild Turkeys had flown off of the bales of hay because of that noisy, diesel pickup truck being so close to them.