Wildlife Services – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Nature’s Gifts

By Mia McPherson|October 19th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Canis latrans, conservation, Coyote, Grey Owl, nature photography, snow, USDA's War on Wildlife, wildlife photography, Wildlife Services, winter|

75,326 coyotes in 2013 were "denied" their portion of Nature's gifts when they were senselessly exterminated by USDA’s Wildlife Services

Did you know that U.S. Wildlife Services kills 227 Coyotes a day?

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Conservation, Utah|Tags: apex predators, carnivores, Coyote, extermination, native predators, nature photography, wildlife, wildlife photography, Wildlife Services|

Do I think that Wildlife Services needs to be investigated? Yes, and the sooner the better.

Bye bye Blackbirds? The USDA is killing birds with DRC-1339

By Mia McPherson|January 30th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Davis County, European Starlings, Florida, Great-tailed Grackles, Pinellas County, Red-winged Blackbirds, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: Agelaius phoeniceus, Antelope Island State Park, avicide, blackbird, blackbirds, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bye bye Blackbird, DRC-1339, Euphagus cyanocephalus, European Starling, Great-tailed Grackle, mass bird deaths, mass bird die off, Molothrus ater, poisoned, poisons, Red-winged Blackbird, Salt Lake County, Sturnus vulgaris, USDA, Wildlife Services, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus|

Recently the USDA accepted responsibility for a smaller die off in South Dakota which brought to light a little known program called "Bye bye Blackbird" which uses DRC-1339, a poison that is also called an avicide.