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What To Do When A Snowy Egret Flyby Is Too Close – Keep Firing

By Mia McPherson|January 17th, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, close up, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, flight, flyby, marsh, portrait, Snowy Egret, too close, wading birds, wetlands|

So what did I do? I kept firing as the Snowy Egret flew past me keeping my focus on the eye of the bird and that is when I took this photograph of the egret in flight.

A Golden Eagle that was TOO close

By Mia McPherson|January 13th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Golden Eagles, Utah|Tags: adult, Aquila chrysaetos, birds of prey, close up, desert island, eagle, eagles, flight, flying, fog, foggy, Golden Eagle, high key, low light, raptors, snow, snowy, too close, winter|

Early yesterday morning Antelope Island State Park did not have the best conditions for bird photography, there were clouds, a bit of lake fog and low light so when I spotted this Golden Eagle perched on a sagebrush in those conditions I was dismayed.