silky – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American Coots On Lower Scarborough Slough

By Mia McPherson|March 20th, 2025|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Coot, blue, bottomlands, coot, coots, floats, Fulica americana, Lower Scarborough Slough, shore, silky, slough, warming up, water, wetlands, winter|

Lately, I’ve been seeing hundreds of American Coots at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, and a few days ago, I photographed some on Lower Scarborough Slough.

Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 3rd, 2022|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, attention, background, canyon, close up, eating, gnarly, grass, grasses, green, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, mammals, mountains, muddy, nibbling, nose, portrait, sagebrush, silky, spring, squirrel, squirrels, standing, stump, summer, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus|

This morning I'm sharing some adult Uinta Ground Squirrel photos that were taken high in the Wasatch Mountains over the past month that I like a lot.

American Coots – Birds to Rail About

By Mia McPherson|January 29th, 2012|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, bronze, chasing, coot, coots, Fulica americana, gruiformes, head, ice, pond, running, silky, small in frame, tilted, urban, water, winter|

American Coots are the most widely distributed members of the Rail family in North America and are very abundant in habitats with open water.