sand dune – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Shades of Blue – Wildflowers, Birds, Sky and Sea

By Mia McPherson|April 17th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lazuli Buntings, Little Blue Herons, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, San Rafael Swell area, St. Thomas, USVI, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Ardea herodias, blue, Blue-eyed Grass, bluebird, bluebirds, blues, bunting, buntings, dunes, Egretta caerulea, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Lazuli Bunting, Little Blue Heron, Magens Bay, Mountain Bluebirds, Passerina amoena, Saint Thomas, sand dune, Sialia currucoides, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Unites States Virgin Islands|

Last week I was Thinking Pink so this week I thought I would focus on the shades of blues found in wildflowers, birds, the sky and seas.

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Roseate Spoonbills In A Sea Fog

By Mia McPherson|January 9th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: adult, bird photography, fog, immature, lagoon, low light, Pinellas County, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, sand dune, sea fog, spoonbills, spring, wading birds|

One very foggy May morning I came across a small flock of Roseate Spoonbills in a tidal lagoon at Fort De Soto's north beach and photograph them for about 15 minutes before they flew off to find food.

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Low angle Long-billed Curlew

By Mia McPherson|December 3rd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews, Low angle|Tags: beach, bird photography, birding, birds, female, Gulf of Mexico, Long-billed Curlew, Low angle, nature photography, Numenius americanus, Pinellas County, sand, sand dune, wildlife photography|

Since winter has thus far decided to stay in more northern latitudes and higher elevations I decided to post an image of a Long-billed Curlew taken in southern, sub-tropical climes a few years ago.

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I’ve got the Blues – Great Blue Herons that is!

By Mia McPherson|October 15th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, Belt of Venus, bird photography, coast, coastal, earth shadow, Great Blue Heron, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, low light, portrait, pre-dawn light, sand dune, twilight, warm light|

It seems I have always had a fondness for Great Blue Herons although I don't recall the first time I ever saw one. Great Blues are large wading birds that have a prehistoric look to them and even their calls; more like a croak, sound like something from the long distant past.

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Great Blue Herons

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, baiting ethics, bird photography, close up, ethics, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, hunting, immature, juveniles, nest, nesting, perched, portrait, prey, sand dune, snag, snow, stalking, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

Great Blue Herons are North America's largest heron and one of the three largest herons in the world.

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Nesting American Oystercatchers

By Mia McPherson|August 14th, 2010|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Nesting Birds, Pinellas County, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, bird ID, brooding, coastal habitat, eggs, ethics, Haematopus palliatus, nest, nesting, nesting behavior, nesting ethics, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, saltwater, sand dune, scrape, Sea Purslane, settling, shorebirds, wildlife ethics|

Nesting American Oystercatchers create simple scrapes on coastal beaches, dunes and salt marshes to lay their eggs in. They usually lay between 2-3 eggs around April to May.

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