rehabilitated – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Bathing Canvasback Hen And The Story Behind The Images

By Mia McPherson|January 25th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Canvasbacks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, April Olson, Aythya valisineria, bathing, Canvasback, diving ducks, duck, ducks, feathers, female, hen, pond, reflections, rehab, rehabilitated, release, Salt Lake County, shaking, urban, Utah, water, water droplets, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, winter, WRCNU|

When I photographed this bathing Canvasback hen three days ago at a pond close to home I was really happy to see her doing well and doing what ducks do.

Short-eared Owl Fledgling Barbed Wire Injury

By Mia McPherson|June 20th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, barb wire, barbed wire, barbed wire dangers, desert, fences, fledgling, Hawkwatch International, injury, owls, Owls of Utah, ranchlands, rehabber, rehabilitated, Short-eared Owl, spring, stretching, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah|

Right after seeing the adult I also saw a fledgling Short-eared Eared Owl about 8 to 10 feet from the adult hung up on barbed wire.

Flying Wild And Free Again – The Barn Owl Was Released Yesterday

By Mia McPherson|October 1st, 2015|Categories: American Barn Owls, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana|Tags: American Barn Owl, birds of prey, Montana Raptor Conservation Center, owl, owls, rehabilitated, rehabilitation, release, rescue, rescued, Tyto furcata|

I wanted to let all of my viewers know that yesterday the Barn Owl I helped rescue on September 9th in the Centennial Valley was released at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.