surveying

Photographing A Cooperative Immature Cooper’s Hawk

By Mia McPherson|October 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Accipiters, autumn, canyon, close up, Cooper’s Hawk, cooperative, fall, fence, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, leg, mountains, perched, photograph, photographing, portrait, raptors, resting, surveying, tail spread, territory, walking, walking stretching, wing lift, wooden, young|

I couldn't have asked for a better birdy subject yesterday morning than this relaxed and cooperative immature Cooper's Hawk and I loved the setting it was in too.

Red-shouldered Hawk Surveying Fort De Soto’s North Beach

By Mia McPherson|February 5th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, blue sky, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, coast, coastal, Gulf of Mexico, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, north beach, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, resting, snag, surveying, tree|

This Red-shouldered Hawk was just a few feet away from a tidal lagoon and just yards away from the Gulf when I photographed it in November of 2008.