waiting – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Focusing On Female A Red-bellied Woodpecker

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, checking, close up, driftwood, eye level, feeder, female, garden, Melanerpes carolinus, out, peeking, portrait, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, turn, urban, waiting, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard|

Today my post focuses on an adult female Red-bellied Woodpecker because she is lovely. I took these images in Arkansas in my friend Steve Creek's yard.

Spring Male White-breasted Nuthatch Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 28th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-breasted Nuthatches|Tags: adult, background, branch, bright, early morning, eye, feeder, garden, glowing, hanging out, male, morning light, nuthatch, nuthatches, Sitta carolinensis, spring, staring, stick, turn, urban, vine, waiting, White-breasted Nuthatch, yard|

This morning, I wanted to share a small selection of White-breasted Nuthatch photos I have taken since I arrived at my friend Steve Creek's home in Arkansas.

Waiting for the Shot – Black-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|November 1st, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, Black-crowned Night Heron, flight, flying, heron, herons, marsh, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, wading birds, waiting, wetlands|

On the first of September I was at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when I spotted a Black-crowned Night Heron hidden in the phragmites.