snail – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Amber Snail at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|February 16th, 2025|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snails|Tags: Amber Snail, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, close up, Family Succineidae, grass, Land Snail, snail, snails, summer|

I've been meaning to share this Amber Snail photo since last summer. Today’s as good a day as any, so here it is. Pretty sure it’s an Amber Snail—though I could be wrong.

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Some Kind Of Land Snail At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|June 27th, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snails|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Gastropods, grass, introduced, Johnson Grass, Land Snail, land snails, snail, snails, Sorghum halepense, spring, terrestrial mollusks|

Eagle-eye Steve spotted this land snail at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge nearly hidden in the Johnson Grass. It was so pretty I had to photograph it.

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Song Sparrow Eating A Snail

By Mia McPherson|June 12th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Song Sparrows, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, bill, canyon, creek, eating, Escargot, foraging, grasses, insert, Melospiza melodia, mountains, riparian habitat, snail, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, spring, stones, water|

Photographing a Song Sparrow eating a snail yesterday morning as it foraged in a creek in the Wasatch Mountains was a unique experience for me.

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Photographing Limpkins At Lake Seminole

By Mia McPherson|February 20th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lake Seminole, Limpkins, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, apple snails, Aramus guarauna, call, distintive calls, foraging, lake, Limpkin, limpkins, snail, snails, Species of Special Concern, water, wetland, winter|

Eleven years ago today I was wandering and looking for birds to photograph at Lake Seminole Park in Florida and found a very cooperative Limpkin that was foraging for breakfast.

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