wintry – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wintry Wasatch Mountain Peaks

By Mia McPherson|January 11th, 2024|Categories: Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: cloudy, cloudy sky, gray, mountain, mountains, peaks, range, slopes, snow, snow covered, snowy, trees, Wasatch Mountains, winter, wintry|

Yesterday afternoon, I drove down to my local pond, hoping that I could see the snowy Wasatch Mountain peaks through the clouds. This was about the best view I got.

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Immature Male Northern Harrier Flying Over A Wintry Marsh

By Mia McPherson|February 14th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Circus hudsonius, flight, flying, harrier, harriers, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, ice, immature, male, marsh, Northern Harrier, raptors, small in frame, snow, water, winter, wintry, young|

This immature male Northern Harrier photo shows the hawk small in the frame with wintry marsh habitat behind and below it.

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Wintry View Of Bear River MBR And The Snow-covered Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 3rd, 2020|Categories: American Herring Gulls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, California Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: American Herring Gulls, California Gulls, clouds, gull, gulls, ice, Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis, Larus smithsonianus, marsh, mountains, refuge, Ring-billed Gulls, snow, snowy mountains, view, Wasatch Mountains, water, wildlife refuge, winter, wintry|

Just viewing this winter photo of the refuge made me feel refreshed and cooler. I also realized it might be hot now but cooler weather will be here before long.

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Concentrating On Great Blue Herons In Winter

By Mia McPherson|January 20th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: Ardea herodias, flight, flying, frost, frozen, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, ice, lift off, lifting off, marsh, mountains, resting, snow, wading birds, winter, wintry|

There were plenty of Great Blue Herons to photograph yesterday morning at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I was more than happy to take photos of them.

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Wintry Start To 2020

By Mia McPherson|January 1st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, geese, goose, snow, snow storm, snowstorm, start, urban, whiteout, winter, wintry|

So... 2020 has arrived and for me here in northern Utah that has brought gray skies, falling snow, low light, plenty of clouds and wintry weather.

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Wintry Barn Owl Flight

By Mia McPherson|October 30th, 2016|Categories: American Barn Owls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Barn Owl, birds of prey, flight, flying, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, Promontory Mountains, snow, Tyto furcata, winter, wintry|

Earlier this year in January I was able to photograph a Barn Owl in flight flying directly towards me with the snowy Promontory Mountains in the background while at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Red-tailed Hawk On A Winter Day

By Mia McPherson|January 15th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Davis County, field, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, lift off, raptors, red-tailed, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, snow, winter, wintry|

One of the birds I photographed yesterday was this handsome Red-tailed Hawk that I spotted in a tree at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.

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