serious – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Urban Male Yellow-headed Blackbird Displaying

By Mia McPherson|May 24th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, blackbird, blackbirds, displaying, grass, male, park, pond, serious, spring, territorial display, urban, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

Last month, I was thrilled to photograph this displaying male Yellow-headed Blackbird in an urban park near my home in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Serious Looking Ring-billed Gull On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|December 17th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, clouds, flight, flying, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, on the wing, Ring-billed Gull, serious, sky, winter|

I love photographing gulls. Whether they are feeding, resting, preening, fighting, calling, or in flight gulls are one of my favorite bird species to have in my viewfinder.

One Serious Looking Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile and a Survivor Too

By Mia McPherson|July 23rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, close up, desert, hawks, Hawks of Utah, juvenile, portrait, ranchlands, raptors, red tail hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, serious, summer, survivor|

I was pleased and relieved to see the surviving Red-tailed Hawk juvenile perched on a corral close to the edge of the road and looking well fed and healthy.