Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spring Male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-14T06:39:43-05:00May 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, branch, branches, breeding plumage, curious, desert, flowering tree, gnatcatcher, gnatcatchers, juniper woodland, junipers, looking, male, mountains, perched, Polioptila caerulea, singing, sky island mountains, spring, squinting, tree|

I was thrilled to find and photograph a male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in spring breeding plumage yesterday at the edge of a juniper woodland in Tooele County.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Goldfinch & American Tree Sparrow in Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-13T12:28:20-05:00October 30th, 2017|Categories: American Goldfinches, American Tree Sparrows, Birds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: American Goldfinch, American Tree Sparrow, autumn, bi-colored bill, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, branch, fall, finches, Fragrant Sumac, gnatcatcher, gnatcatchers, goldfinch, goldfinches, nonbreeding plumage, perched, Polioptila caerulea, shadow, sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Spizelloides arborea, tree sparrow|

I spent time photographing primarily small birds yesterday in northern Utah which included Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, American Goldfinches and American Tree Sparrows.

Towhees, Warblers, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers – Oh My!

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-05T04:58:53-05:00September 26th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Common Yellowthroats, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Spotted Towhees, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: Audubon's warbler, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, cattail, cattails, Common Yellowthroat, Corthylio calendula, Geothlypis trichas, gnatcatchers, Greasewood, kinglets, Moth Mullein, Pipilo maculatus, Polioptila caerulea, rabbitbrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Setophaga coronata, sparrows, Spotted Towhee, sunflowers, towhees, warblers, wildflowers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, yellowthroats|

It has been a long time since I have had such a birdy day and the towhees, warblers, kinglets, gnatcatchers and the rest of the birds that I saw thrilled me all morning long.