stare – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Immature Red-tailed Hawk Head On Stare

By Mia McPherson|November 28th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: autumn, birds of prey, branches, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, fall, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, head on, immature, marsh, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, stare, tree, young|

If I were a vole, I'd tremble in fear under the head on stare of this immature Red-tailed Hawk that I photographed last week at Farmington Bay WMA.

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Rough-legged Hawk On A Snowy Day At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|September 14th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, beak, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, fog, foggy, hawks, Hawks of Utah, head on, high key, low light, male, marsh, open, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, saliva, snow storm, snowy, stare, wetlands, winter|

I didn't see or photograph as many Rough-legged Hawks last winter as I have in previous years but I did have a close up, extraordinary experience with one who was expelling a pellet on a snowy, foggy day at Bear River MBR.

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Staring Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk Close Up

By Mia McPherson|April 4th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Swainson's Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, close up, dark morph, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, portrait, raptors, stare, staring, Swainson's Hawk|

I've shared photos of this gorgeous dark morph Swainson's Hawk before and I've written about how I believed it was the darkest, dark morph I had ever seen and to date that still holds true.

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Red Fox in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon

By Mia McPherson|September 1st, 2018|Categories: Morgan County, Red Foxes, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, fox, foxes, grasses, meadow, mountain meadow, pasture, Red Fox, stare, tall grasses, Vulpes vulpes|

Yesterday I was surprised to find a Red Fox in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon, it is only my second time seeing a fox in that canyon and the last time wasn't that long ago.

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Early Morning Coyote and the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|November 1st, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Canis latrans, Coyote, early morning, Great Salt Lake, lake bed, pre-dawn, rocks, shore, stare, walking|

Yesterday an early morning session with a Coyote, the Great Salt Lake and some rocks made my day, I was so very happy to photograph the "Song Dog".

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Head on stare from a juvenile Swainson’s Hawk

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Montana, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, fence, fence post, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, head on, immature, juvenile, low light, perched, stare, Swainson's Hawk, wildlife photography, wooden post|

This juvenile Swainson's Hawk was photographed earlier this month in Beaverhead County, Montana on a cloudy morning with low light.

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