white morph – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Blizzards Of Snow Geese Now At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|November 29th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snow Geese|Tags: Anser caerulescens, autumn, blasting off, blizzard, Blue Geese, blue morph, bottomlands, dark morph, early morning, fall, field, flight, flock, flying, front, gaggle, geese, goose, hatch year, immature, lifting off, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Sequoyah NWR, sky, Snow Geese, Snow Goose, taking off, trees, waterfowl, white morph, young|

Blizzards of Snow Geese have arrived at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge! I’m so excited about all of the Snow Geese that I can barely contain myself. Wow!

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Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida

By Mia McPherson|January 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, beach, breeding plumage, calling, canopy feeding, close up, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, feeding behavior, fish, flight, flying, foraging, Gulf of Mexico, lagoon, mangroves, nesting materials, nonbreeding plumage, photographing, portrait, prey, Reddish Egret, sand, sand dunes, shadow, umbrella pose, wading birds, walking, white morph, Wing-Flicking|

I had so much fun photographing Reddish Egrets when I lived in Florida and could see them nearly every time I went to Fort De Soto County Park's north beach.

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December Snow Goose

By Mia McPherson|December 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, geese, goose, pond, Snow Geese, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl, white morph, winter|

Usually by this time in December I've seen at least one Snow Goose to photograph but so far this year I haven't found one yet.

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Reddish Egret Hunting in the Gulf of Mexico

By Mia McPherson|August 24th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, hunting behavior, Reddish Egret, wading birds, waves, white morph|

I photographed this white morph Reddish Egret hunting in the Gulf of Mexico in June of 2008 and truly enjoyed observing its hunting behavior through my lens.

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Dark and White Morph Reddish Egrets in Breeding Plumage

By Mia McPherson|February 15th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: beach, bi-colored bill, bird photography, breeding plumage, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, foraging, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, lagoon, Reddish Egret, shoreline, wading birds, water, waves, white morph|

One May morning in 2009 I was able to photograph both the dark and white morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage just minutes and yards apart at Fort De Soto's north beach.

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White and Dark Morph Reddish Egrets Hunting

By Mia McPherson|May 25th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, beach, breeding plumage, dark morph, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, hunting, lagoon, Reddish Egret, shoreline, wading birds, water, white morph|

As a bird photographer I feel it is very important to me that my images show my subjects and the settings they are in as accurately as possible.

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White morph Reddish Egret on the hunt

By Mia McPherson|October 13th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, drunken sailor, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, Reddish Egret, wading birds, water, white morph|

Both the white and dark morphs of Reddish Egrets are great fun to watch as they hunt because they dance, twirl, whirl and stumble along like a "drunken sailor".

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Five years ago today at Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|July 6th, 2013|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, Ardea alba, beach, clouds, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Great Egret, Gulf of Mexico, Haematopus palliatus, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, Reddish Egret, shore, shorebirds, shoreline, sky, stormy light, stormy sky, stump, tidal pool, wading birds, water, white morph|

Five years ago today I headed to the north beach of Fort De Soto County Park despite knowing that there were looming storms off of the coast hanging just off shore over the Gulf of Mexico and I am glad that I did because the light that day on the beach was exquisite.

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Reddish Egret Morphs

By Mia McPherson|December 27th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, coast, coastal, dancing, dark morph, Egretta rufescens, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, nature, Pinellas County, Reddish Egret, tidal lagoon, white morph|

These two Reddish Egrets; a dark and a white morph, were photographed on the same day at Fort De Soto's north beach in May of 2009 and both of them were showing signs of being in breeding plumage.

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Birds, Beasts and Bits About Me – My 500th Blog Post

By Mia McPherson|October 4th, 2012|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Coyotes, Dunlins, Florida, Laughing Gulls, Little Blue Herons, Loggerhead Shrikes, Pronghorn, Reddish Egrets, Roseate Spoonbills, Sanderlings, Utah|Tags: bird photography, bird watching, birding, birds, Coyote, Dunlin, Florida, Laughing Gull, Little Blue Heron, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Harrier, Pronghorn, Pronghorn Antelope, Red-winged Blackbird, Reddish Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, Sanderling, white morph|

Wow, this is my 500th blog post and it has been great fun to share my images and the stories behind them. I thought I'd share a few images and bits about my thoughts on photography.

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White Morph Reddish Egret in Stormy Light

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, coastal, dramatic light, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, foraging, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, nonbreeding plumage, Reddish Egret, sandbar, stomy light, storm, stormy, stormy skies, summer, wading birds, water, waves, white morph|

In my two previous posts of a Snowy Egret and a Great Egret I mentioned how the early morning light and a nearby storm gave those images a feeling of drama. These white morph Reddish Egret images were taken that same morning not long after I created the Great Egret photos.

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Reddish Egret Hunting

By Mia McPherson|February 22nd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, nonbreeding plumage, Reddish Egret, wading birds, water, waves, white morph|

While I lived in Florida I simply adored being able to photograph Reddish Egrets, they can be graceful or goofy looking, they twirl, dash and dance.

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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 – White Morph

By Mia McPherson|November 25th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: bird photography, breeding plumage, clouds, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, flight, flying, morning sky, Reddish Egret, white morph|

Breeding plumage white morph Reddish Egret while it hunted and danced in the waves on the Gulf coast of Florida.

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