tree – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Rough-legged Hawk ~ Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|June 29th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, branches, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, light morph, perched, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, sky, tree, winter, young|

Rough-legged Hawks breed in the Arctic so we don't see them around here in northern Utah during the summer.

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Merlin Perched In A Tree ~ Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|January 27th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Merlins, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, branch, branches, Falco columbarius, Falco columbarius richardsonii, falcon, falcons, high key, low light, marsh, Merlin, merlins, perched, pigeon hawks, prairie, raptors, Salt Lake Valley, tree, winter|

Merlins are winter visitors in the Salt Lake Valley so I have just a few more weeks to attempt photographing them. Merlins are used to be called "pigeon hawks" because their shape and flight patterns are similar to pigeons.

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Reddish Egrets

By Mia McPherson|November 10th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: dark morph, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, fish, Gulf of Mexico, Low angle, nature, perched, preening, prey, Reddish Egret, shot from below, snag, tree, water, waves|

While I lived in Florida I took thousands (and thousands) of images of Reddish Egrets and I am very glad that I did because they are rarities in Utah, where I now live.

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Red-tailed Hawks

By Mia McPherson|March 2nd, 2011|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: Buteo jamaicensis, desert, fence post, hawk, hawks, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, tree, Utah, young|

I'm looking forward to seeing red-tailed hawks in the high country of Utah and Montana this summer and hopefully getting some more images of both the juveniles and adult.

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