sunny – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American Robin On A Sunny March Morning

By Mia McPherson|March 10th, 2024|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, branches, crabapple, crabapples, Malus, perched, robin, robins, sky, sunny, thrush, thrushes, tree, Turdus migratorius, urban, winter|

This is the first American Robin that I have photographed in local crabapple trees all winter long. Usually, by March, the crabapples are eaten and long gone.

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Male Belted Kingfisher In My Memories

By Mia McPherson|January 18th, 2024|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Belted Kingfisher, branch, kingfisher, kingfishers, leaf buds, male, Megaceryle alcyon, morning, park, perched, pond, sky, sunny, tree, urban, winter|

This morning, I'm sharing a male Belted Kingfisher photo that I took one year ago today. I was photographing ducks at one of my local ponds when he flew in.

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Six Canvasback Hen Photos

By Mia McPherson|December 20th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Canvasbacks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon, Aythya valisineria, Canvasback, coy, diving ducks, duck, ducks, female, flight, flying, hen, park, pond, preening, sunny, urban, water, winter|

This morning, I'm sharing six Canvasback hen photos that were taken two winters ago. I found the hen mixed in with other ducks at my local pond.

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Happy New Year’s Day 2021

By Mia McPherson|January 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bathing, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, first bird, flight, flying, fog, geese, goose, grebe, grebes, low light, New Year's Day, photographed, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, pond, seen, splashing, sunny, trees, urban, water, waterfowl, winter|

It is a chilly 29°F where I live in northern Utah on New Year's Day 2021 and from my living room window I can see that it is foggy outside.

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Photographing An American Coot’s Post Bathing Behavior

By Mia McPherson|January 10th, 2018|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, bath, bathing, behavior, coot, coots, fluffing, Fulica americana, gruiformes, photograph, photographing, pond, shaking, splashing, sunny, water, wings, winter|

Perhaps I am easy to please but I got a real kick out of photographing this American Coot while it bathed, shook and fluffed on the pond close to home.

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Photographing a Dynasty of Ruby-crowned Kinglets

By Mia McPherson|October 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, bright, Celtis reticulata, colors, Corthylio calendula, crowns, dynasty, fall colors, Fragrant Sumac, hackberry, kinglet, kinglets, lift off, male, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, photograph, photographing, Rhus aromatica, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, sumac, sunny|

Yesterday I saw so many Ruby-crowned Kinglets in northern Utah that it was impossible for me to keep up with them, I am certain I missed some excellent images because of that.

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Mule Deer and Spring Grasses

By Mia McPherson|March 28th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Mule Deer, Utah|Tags: deer, doe, feeding, grasses, grassy slope, herd, Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, ranchlands, spring, sunny, yearling, yearlings, young|

The warm temps and wet weather have produced lush, green spring grasses and forbs and the Mule Deer are now able to find fresh food without snow cover

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