spring snow – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

West Desert Wild Turkey Tom Strutting And Displaying

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: beard, breeding display, breeding season, canyon, courtship display, displaying, fanned tail, fanning, feathers, gobble, junipers, male, Meleagris gallopavo, mountains, road, snood, snow, spring, spring snow, spurs, strutting, tail, tom, turkey, turkeys, Wild Turkey|

I took hundreds of photos of the tom Wild Turkey fanning his tail, walking on the dirt road, strutting and displaying for the hens I could not see. And for those moments all seemed right in the world.

West Desert Male Horned Lark Singing On A Snow-topped Fence Post

By Mia McPherson|April 5th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, desert, Eremophila alpestris, fence post, Horned Lark, lark, larks, male, mountains, post, singing, sky island mountains, snow, snow-topped, songbirds, spring, spring snow, wooden post|

I photographed this adult male Horned Lark singing on a snow-topped fence post three days ago after a spring snow fell overnight in the West Desert.

Spring VS Old Man Winter

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2011|Categories: Salt Lake County, Salt Lake Valley, Utah|Tags: April, buds, nature photography, Old Man Winter, photography, snow, spring, spring snow, trees, Utah|

Old Man Winter is still fighting to retain his icy grip on Utah and doesn't seem to want to to surrender the battle with Spring