Ashley National Forest – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

In The City For Too Long

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:05:46-06:00August 18th, 2016|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Daggett County, Utah|Tags: clouds, forest, mountains, road, trees|

Maybe I have the summer doldrums. I am not sure, but I know I will be glad to get back out shooting again.

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A flashback to May 15, 2013 – A Journey in the Ashley National Forest

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:07:50-06:00May 15th, 2015|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Daggett County, High Uintas, Utah|Tags: cloudy sky, lakes, mountains, stormy weather, Uinta Mountains|

Two years ago today was cloudy and sometimes gray much like today but I was not in Salt Lake County then instead I was on a journey in the Ashley National Forest.

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Juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker in Summit County

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-11T07:26:08-05:00February 10th, 2014|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: camping, forest, immature, juvenile, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, wooded, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

The bad weather here has given me cabin fever so last night I looked through my archives and enjoyed some images from brighter, warmer days and came across this juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker image from my first camping trip to Utah's high Uintas in Summit County.

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Juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker in the high Uintas

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-11T07:28:37-05:00March 1st, 2013|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: Bear River, camping, Christmas Meadows, forest, immature, juvenile, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

This juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker image was taken on my first camping trip in the high Uintas in Summit County, Utah not far from Christmas Meadows.

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Pine Siskins

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-17T19:03:35-05:00February 12th, 2012|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: adult, camping, Carduelis pinus, finch, finches, forest, high Uintas, mountains, Mule Ears, perched, siskin, siskins, Uintahs, Utah, Wyethia amplexicaulis|

While exploring the area and it's breath taking beauty I spotted a large flock of Pine Siskins feeding on the seedheads of Mule Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis).

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