trout – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Double-crested Cormorant With A Tiger Trout

By Mia McPherson|May 6th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Brown x Brook Trout, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, fish, Nannopterum auritus, park, pond, prey, Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis, spring, swallowing, Tiger Trout, trout, urban, water|

At the end of April, while photographing an Osprey and Caspian Terns, I also found a Double-crested Cormorant swallowing a Tiger Trout close to home.

Male Belted Kingfisher With His Catch Of The Day

By Mia McPherson|May 16th, 2021|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Belted Kingfisher, bill, branch, canyon, catch, catch of the day, creek, fingerling, fish, kingfisher, kingfishers, male, Megaceryle alcyon, mountains, prey, swallowing, trout|

Three days ago I watched as a male Belted Kingfisher caught a small fish, landed on a branch and swallowed his catch of the day high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Adult Male Belted Kingfisher Close Up With Prey

By Mia McPherson|November 15th, 2020|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Belted Kingfisher, canyon, close up, fiish, food, kingfisher, kingfishers, male, Megaceryle alcyon, mountains, portrait, prey, trout|

I was looking through images I had taken this summer and decided to share a close up of a male Belted Kingfisher with prey that I photographed in the Wasatch Mountains this summer.