soaring – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Golden Eagle soaring over the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|January 31st, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Golden Eagles, Utah|Tags: adult, Aquila chrysaetos, eagle, eagles, flight, flying, Golden Eagle, Great Salt Lake, lake, raptors, soaring, Wasatch Mountains, water, winter|

Three years ago today I found and photographed a Golden Eagle that was soaring along the east side of Antelope Island over the Great Salt Lake.

American White Pelicans – PeliCam and PeliTrack

By Mia McPherson|March 26th, 2017|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American White Pelican, beak, bill, breeding colony, breeding season, caruncle, climate change, epidermal plate, flight, flock, fluffed up, flying, Great Salt Lake Institute, Gunnison Island, horn, nesting birds, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelicam, pelican, pelicans, PeliTrack, pond, ridge, sky, soaring, Tracy Aviary, water, Westminster|

American White Pelicans are returning to their breeding grounds in Utah and I have already seen a few of them myself and though I haven't been able to photograph them yet I know I will soon.

American White Pelicans of the Great Basin

By Mia McPherson|April 21st, 2012|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Locomotive Springs, Utah|Tags: adults, American White Pelican, birds, breeding colony, campsite, flight, Great Basin, Gunnison Island, nest, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, soaring, springs, thermal, thermals|

During the winter months I miss seeing large flocks of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) soaring in the thermals, in the past few weeks I have been delighted to see them again.