yawn – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Young Golden Eagle On A Cliff

By Mia McPherson|April 2nd, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Golden Eagles, Utah|Tags: Aquila chrysaetos, birds of prey, Box Elder County, breeze, cliff, crown, desert, eagle, eagles, feathers, Golden Eagle, immature, lichen, morning, morning light, perched, raptors, rocks, shadow, spring, Utah, yawn, yawning, young|

I found and pointed out quite a few birds yesterday but my favorite was this young Golden Eagle on a cliff in morning light because it was so beautiful.

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Yawning Immature Rough-legged Hawk

By Mia McPherson|February 10th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, hawk, hawks, immature, light morph, marker, marsh, perched, plastic post, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, sub-adult, subadult, Utah, wetlands, winter, yawn, yawning, young|

This is the same immature light morph Rough-legged Hawk that I shared portraits of two days ago that were taken at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Early Morning Immature Black-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|February 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: bill, Black-crowned Night Heron, calm, chill, heron, herons, immature, marsh, morning, morning light, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, phragmites, phrags, preening, resting, scratching, stretching, warming up, wings, winter, yawn, yawning, young|

I spent some time yesterday morning focused on photographing an immature Black-crowned Night Heron at the dawn of the day in the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA.

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Roadside Yellow-bellied Marmot in Northern Utah – Photos and Facts

By Mia McPherson|April 20th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, close up, eating, grass, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, nature, portrait, roadside, rocks, tongue, wildlife photography, yawn, yawning, yellow belly marmot, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

I had a great time photographing a roadside Yellow-bellied Marmot yesterday in northern Utah and the marmot was very cooperative. So cooperative that I took way, way too many images of it.

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More Juvenile Burrowing Owls from Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, birds of prey, Burrowing Owl, desert, fence, immature, juvenile, owl, owls, perched, stretching, Western Burrowing Owl, yawn, yawning, young|

I think I could photograph juvenile Burrowing Owls for two months straight and not get bored with them.

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Great Horned Owl juvenile in Montana

By Mia McPherson|February 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: Bubo virginianus, farm, granary, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, old wood, owl, owls, Owls of Montana, yawn, yawning, young|

I especially like the combination of old wood and owls, in this photo a juvenile Great Horned Owl is perched on an external structural beam of an old granary in Glacier County, Montana.

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