voles – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ranching, trophic cascades and predator control

By Mia McPherson|January 28th, 2015|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Black-tailed Jackrabbits, Cliff Lake, Conservation, Coyotes, Davis County, Madison County, Montana, Utah, Voles|Tags: American Bison, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, buffalo, Canis latrans, Coyote, Lepus californicus, ranching, trophic cascade, voles|

This isn't just just a Henry Mountain Range issue, it is a Utah issue. It is an issue where ever there are Coyotes, cattle, rabbits, hares and voles.

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Northern Harrier searching for prey along the Antelope Island Causeway

By Mia McPherson|January 24th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: Circus hudsonius, coursing, flight, flying, harrier, harriers, hawks, hunting, Marsh hawk, mudflats, Northern Harrier, photographing, prey, raptor, sky, voles, winter|

Three days ago I had fun photographing a Northern Harrier searching for prey along the Antelope Island Causeway

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Great Blue Herons In Florida And Utah

By Mia McPherson|February 13th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, breeding plumage, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, hunting, nesting, preening, snow, territorial pursuit, voles, wading birds, winter|

Great Blue Herons are year round residents in both Florida and Utah although conditions during the winter months can be starkly different for these large wading birds in the two locations and climates.

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I dare the news to report on the senseless slaughter of Coyotes

By Mia McPherson|January 18th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Conservation, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: adult, Canis latrans, Coyote, Davis County, grassland, Great Salt Lake, nature, nature photography, prairie, pup, snow, Utah, voles, wildlife, wildlife photography, winter|

I dare news agencies to write factual articles about the inhumane practice of slaughtering Coyotes which has been proven by science to be largely ineffective in controlling their population, to observe the Coyotes being blown up in their dens and to witness the suffering of these animals when they are caught in traps.

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Farmington Utah’s Voles – Just My Opinion

By Mia McPherson|June 25th, 2012|Categories: American Kestrels, Antelope Island State Park, Conservation, Coyotes, Environment, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Glacier County, Great Blue Herons, Great Horned Owls, Loggerhead Shrikes, Montana, Northern Harriers, Rough-legged Hawks, Salt Lake Valley, Utah|Tags: American Kestrel, Coyote, ecosystem, environment, Foxboro Community, Gray Ghost, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, humane society, Loggerhead Shrike, natural predators, Northern Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk, Utah, vole infestation, voles|

Recently KSL.com; a Utah news station, had an article about a vole (a small rodent) infestation In Farmington, specifically in the neighborhood of Foxboro Community. While I sympathize with the residents about the damage being done to their yards I am disturbed by the advice many of the people commenting have left on the story.

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