scavengers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

International Vulture Awareness Day 2016

By Mia McPherson|September 3rd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Black Vulture, carrion, Cathartes aura, Coragyps atratus, DDT, diclofenac, immature, International Vulture Awareness Day, juvenile, perched, raptors, scavengers, thermoregulating, Turkey Vulture, vultures|

Vultures and condors are scavengers and help to clean up the environment by consuming carrion, road kill and gut piles left from the kills of human and non-human hunters.

Coyote and Black-billed Magpies Scavenging to Survive

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Black-billed Magpie, Canis latrans, carcass, carrion, Coyote, deer, ecosystem, food, food web, harsh, magpie, magpies, opportunistic, Pica hudsonia, predators, scavenger, scavengers, Scavenging, snow, survive, winter|

One year ago today I found, pointed out and photographed a Coyote and Black-billed Magpies scavenging a deer carcass to survive on Antelope Island State Park.

Bison, Starlings, Magpies, Coyotes and a Mule Deer carcass

By Mia McPherson|December 30th, 2014|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Coyotes, Davis County, European Starlings, Utah|Tags: American Bison, antlers, Black-billed Magpie, Canis latrans, carcass, carrion, Coyote, dead, deer, European Starling, food, grasses, magpie, magpies, Pica hudsonia, scavenger, scavengers, Scavenging, snow, starling, starlings, winter|

Yesterday was another interesting day on Antelope Island seeing snow-covered Bison, snowy weather, birds and spotting Coyotes at a Mule Deer carcass.