squatting – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Western Meadowlark Amusement

By Mia McPherson|November 2nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: autumn, back view, fall, feathers, flipped, frontal view, head on, head turn, meadowlark, meadowlarks, old lake bottom, perched, profile view, puffed up, ranchlands, roadside, scrunched down, side view, sideways, sky, squatting, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark, wooden post|

Photographing this Western Meadowlark on Monday on my way back to I-15 from Bear River MBR was so much fun for me that it probably ought to be illegal.

Burrowing Owl Near Its Burrow Plus A Bonus Common Raven In Flight

By Mia McPherson|March 23rd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Common Ravens, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, Athene cunicularia, burrow, Burrowing Owl, Common Raven, Corvus corax, flight, flying, grasses, Great Salt Lake, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, raven, ravens, squatting, Western Burrowing Owl|

The best bird photography opportunity of the day happened when I spotted a Burrowing Owl near its burrow and I took advantage of the nice light to take quite a few images of the owl framed by grasses and blooming Red-stem Filaree.

Black-billed Magpie on the Rocks of Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|March 7th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Black-billed Magpie, corvids, Frary Peak, iridescence, jumping, magpie, magpies, Pica hudsonia, pink and salmon colored gneiss, rocks, snow, squatting, up, winter|

When I found a Black-billed Magpie on the rocks close to the road below Frary Peak I was happy to photograph it there.