White Mangrove – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Male Red-winged Blackbird singing on a Mangrove

By Mia McPherson|November 15th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-winged Blackbirds|Tags: adult, Agelaius phoeniceus, blackbird, blackbirds, breeding season, calling, coastal, courting, displaying, freshwater marshes, male, Red-winged Blackbird, saltwater marshes, singing, spartina marsh, spring, wetlands, White Mangrove|

I don't if this male was successful with the female Red-winged Blackbirds but he sure had me mesmerized with his sleek black feathers and his flashing red, orange and yellow epaulets.

Tricolored Heron perched in White Mangroves

By Mia McPherson|September 11th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Tricolored Herons, Weedon Island Preserve|Tags: Egretta tricolor, estuarine, heron, herons, Laguncularia racemosa, mangroves, nonbreeding plumage, perched, trees, Tricolored Heron, wading birds, White Mangrove|

This image of a Tricolored Heron perched in White Mangroves happens to be the first photo that I had taken of a this species that I was very happy with.

Eastern and Western Willets in breeding plumage

By Mia McPherson|October 7th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, comparison, differences, Eastern Willet, mangroves, rabbitbrush, sandpipers, shorebirds, subspecies, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, Western Willet, White Mangrove, Willet|

I've had the good fortune to photograph both the eastern and western Willets in breeding plumage, the eastern in Florida and the western in Utah and Montana.