skunk – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Foraging Striped Skunk At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|March 18th, 2025|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Striped Skunks|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, field, grass, gravel, Mephitis mephitis, mustelids, Oklahoma, road, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, skunk, skunks, Striped Skunk, variant coat, variant colors, walking, winter|

Yesterday, Steve Creek and I found a Striped Skunk in a field at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, and we both jumped out of his truck to take photos.

Striped Skunk Butt – Skunked By The Weather Forecast

By Mia McPherson|March 29th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Striped Skunks, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: adult, butt, funny, grass, grasses, humor, mammals, marsh, Mephitis mephitis, raised, skunk, skunks, Striped Skunk, summer, tail, weather forecast, wetlands|

Yesterday I was skunked by a terribly wrong weather forecast so I decided this was the day that I would share one of my Striped Skunk photos taken last year.

Autumn Turkey Vulture Portraits – Why I Held My Breath While Taking These Photos

By Mia McPherson|October 8th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, autumn, Cathartes aura, close up, portrait, road kill, rousing, skunk, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures|

These autumn Turkey Vulture portraits are among the most difficult images I have ever taken because I was holding my breath and retching while I took them due to the awful odor of a road-killed skunk below the bird.