solitary – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My Video With A Surprise Great Blue Heron

By Mia McPherson|February 19th, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah, Video|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, Bear River, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, marsh, river, riverbank, solitary, surprise, vegetation, video, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

On my last trip up to Bear River MBR, I stopped to take a video on the auto tour loop, and a Great Blue Heron surprised me by flying into view over the river.

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Solitary Sandhill Crane Foraging In A Pasture

By Mia McPherson|July 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, canyon, crane, cranes, eating, foraging, grass, grasses, lone, mountains, pasture, Sandhill Crane, solitary, stained, summer|

I took this adult Sandhill Crane photo earlier this week as the crane foraged for food in a grassy horse pasture high up in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Solitary Great Blue Heron Looking Over The Marsh At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|April 27th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, marsh, solitary, spring, wading birds, wetlands|

It really is a simple Great Blue Heron photo with the marsh, a stationary wading bird, vibrant spring growth and water at the top of the frame but it is also a very calming image for me because for a few seconds time stood as still as the heron.

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Solitary Willet in soft morning light

By Mia McPherson|October 8th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Willets|Tags: adult, coastal, Gulf of Mexico, morning light, sandpipers, shorebirds, solitary, Tringa semipalmata, water, waves, Willet, willets|

This Willet image was taken on August 12, 2007 which is now over seven years ago and I can easily recall how thrilled I was to photograph this shorebird.

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