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Surprise Peregrine Falcon With Prey On A Brisk Winter Morning

By Mia McPherson|January 5th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Peregrine Falcons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, birds of prey, Falco peregrinus, falcon, falcons, feathers, frost, Fulica americana, grass, ground level, Peregrine Falcon, poop, prey, raptors, serendipity, surprise, under tail covert, winter|

Finding and photographing the surprise Peregrine Falcon with prey was one of the brightest spots of my day.

Young Short-eared Owl – A Stroke of Serendipity

By Mia McPherson|January 1st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, birds of prey, chick, close up, desert, immature, juvenile, owl, owls, portrait, ranchlands, sagebrush, serendipity, Short-eared Owl, spring, young|

If I hadn't turned my Jeep around when I did in the direction I chose I would never have found three adorable Short-eared Owl chicks not far from the shoulder of the road in beautiful morning light.