snowflake – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ring-billed Gull And A Heart Shaped Snowflake

By Mia McPherson|March 4th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: close up, gull, gulls, heart shaped, immature, Larus delawarensis, low light, portrait, Ring-billed Gull, snow, snowflake, snowing, snowy, urban, winter|

It has been six years since I took this photo of a Ring-billed Gull and a heart shaped snowflake in the middle of a winter snowstorm at my local pond.

Bring On The Snow!

By Mia McPherson|December 1st, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Blue Herons, Ring-billed Gulls, Ring-necked Pheasants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, Dark-eyed Junco, drinking, eating, feeder, female, fog, foggy, Great Blue Heron, gull, heavy fog, hen, heron, high key, ice, junco, Junco hyemalis, Larus delawarensis, marsh, park, perched, Phasianus colchicus, pheasant, Ring-billed Gull, Ring-necked Pheasant, running, shaking, snow, snowflake, sparrow, urban, wading birds, wetlands, whiteout, winter|

Snow is supposed to start falling around 10 a.m. where I live in northern Utah. It might be the first significant snowfall of this winter down in the valley.

California Gull With Eyes That Look Like Snowflake Obsidian

By Mia McPherson|December 19th, 2019|Categories: Birds, California Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, California Gull, close up, eye color, eye color variation, gull, gulls, Larus californicus, necklace, necklaces, pond, portrait, snowflake, snowflake obsidian, urban, water|

It has been three years and one day since I took photos of a California Gull that had eyes that looked like snowflake obsidian.