waves – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

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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Sanderlings – Tiny Dynamos

By Mia McPherson|October 5th, 2011|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Honeymoon Island State Park, Sanderlings|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Calidris alba, coastal, feeding, Gulf of Mexico, nonbreeding plumage, Pinellas County, Sanderling, sanderlings, sandpipers, shorebirds, water, waves|

Sanderlings can be a challenge to photograph because they move erratically at a very fast pace but creating images of them at their level is well worth the trouble of getting dirty and being exhausted by trying to follow the movements of these tiny dynamos.

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Rainy Days – Time to Review and Redo

By Mia McPherson|August 2nd, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, White Ibises|Tags: Ardea herodias, bird photography, birds, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, Eudocimus albus, Florida, Great Blue Heron, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, photography, Snowy Egret, water, waves, White Ibis|

Yesterday the monsoons came up from the south which meant lots of rain on moisture laden winds.

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Friday Photos – White Morph Reddish Egret

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2011|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Humor, Reddish Egrets|Tags: bird ID, dancer, dancing, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, Reddish Egret, shoreline, wading birds, waves, white morph|

Reddish Egrets seem to be natural born "Dancers" when they are hunting for prey, they twirl, spin, piroquette and dip.

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Reddish Egret, Laughing and Ring-billed Gulls

By Mia McPherson|January 17th, 2011|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets, Ring-billed Gulls|Tags: adult, bait fish, baitfish, beach, coast, coastal, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, feeding frenzy, fish, Gulf of Mexico, gull, gulls, Hurricane Ike, Larus delawarensis, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Reddish Egret, Ring-billed Gull, water, waves|

There were quite a few Laughing Gulls on and near the shoreline, a few Ring-billed Gulls and two Reddish Egrets hunting on the beach that day.

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Rotation Adjustments – Sanderling At Dawn

By Mia McPherson|October 26th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Sanderlings|Tags: autumn, beach, bird photography, Calidris alba, coastal, coastal island, fall, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, low light, nonbreeding plumage, rotation adjustment, sand, Sanderling, sanderlings, shore, shorebird, shoreline, water, waves|

Proper rotation can make an image work. Improper rotation can cause the the person viewing to wonder what isn't right about an image.

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Tricolored Herons

By Mia McPherson|October 14th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Tricolored Herons|Tags: adult, bird photographer, bird photography, birding, birds, Egretta tricolor, Fort De Soto County Park, heron, herons, hunting, stalking, Tricolored Heron, wading bird, wading birds, waves|

Another one of my favorite wading birds is the Tricolored Heron, a bird that used to be called the Louisiana Heron. It can be found in estuaries along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in inland freshwater marshes in Florida.

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