sea fog – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Yellow-crowned Night Heron In Low Light

By Mia McPherson|January 4th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, autumn, beach, coast, coastal, fall, fog, heron, herons, low light, night herons, Nyctanassa violacea, sea fog, wading birds, water, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

The first bird I photographed that day was a Yellow-crowned Night Heron wandering in the sea fog near the dunes and shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Black Skimmer in a Fog over the Gulf of Mexico

By Mia McPherson|December 24th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, beach, Black Skimmer, coast, coastal, flight, foggy, Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Rynchops niger, sea fog, seabirds, shore, skimmer, skimmers, summer, water, waves|

Whenever I view this photo of a lone Black Skimmer in flight on a foggy Gulf shore I feel a wave of joy and peaceful feelings wash over me.

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Roseate Spoonbills on a foggy Florida morning

By Mia McPherson|February 25th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: adult, coastal, dunes, fog, foggy, Gulf of Mexico, immature, juvenile, lagoon, low light, Pinellas County, Platalea ajaja, preening, resting, Roseate Spoonbill, sea fog, spartina, tidal lagoon, water, young|

As soon as I crossed the north beach footbridge I spotted several Roseate Spoonbills in the tidal lagoon on my right. There were adults and a few juveniles, some were resting while others preened.

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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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People, Birds And A Sea Star In A Sea Fog

By Mia McPherson|February 28th, 2012|Categories: American Herring Gulls, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Ring-billed Gulls, Sea Stars|Tags: American Herring Gull, beach, beach walkers, feeding, fog, fog bank, foggy, Gulf, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, Larus smithsonianus, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, low light, people, preening, resting, Ring-billed Gull, sand-crawled, sea fog, Sea Star, Sea Stars, starfish, sun, sunrise|

I'm glad I didn't turn around to head home when I saw the thick sea fog that morning, if I had I may have missed photographing some of these beautiful things.

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Low Light Bird Images

By Mia McPherson|November 24th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Low light, Roseate Spoonbills, Sanderlings|Tags: beach, bird photography, breeding plumage, Calidris alba, fog, foggy, juvenile, lagoon, low light, Platalea ajaja, preeniing, Roseate Spoonbill, Sanderling, sea fog, shell, water|

Because I live far from my family and have no children at home my yearly Thanksgiving tradition includes spending a part of my day out photographing birds, mostly early morning outings.

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