campsite – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Gone Wandering

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-02T07:23:10-05:00April 17th, 2019|Categories: Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: camp site, campsite, clearing storm, clouds, evening, fire ring, mountains, stormy sky, wandering|

I am out wandering and I have a very poor cell signal so I will be surprised if this gets published. This is a photo taken before Sunset last night where I am camping.

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Stretching Barn Swallow Close Up

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-02T08:06:06-05:00June 12th, 2017|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: adult, Barn Swallow, campsite, canyon, fence post, Hirundo rustica, metal post, mountains, post, stretch, stretching, swallow, swallows|

When this Barn Swallow started to stretch its wings I was ready for the action and took several photos of it while it stretched on top of the fence post.

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Camping on Public Lands in Clark County, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-01T18:15:38-06:00July 12th, 2016|Categories: Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest, Trees|Tags: aspens, camping, campsite, clouds, disperse camping, keep public lands in public hands, public lands, willows|

Good morning! I am writing this morning from a campsite that is on OUR Public Lands just outside the Targhee National Forest in Clark County, Idaho.

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The Demise of the Magical Sapsucker Tree and the Luck of Finding More Nesting Cavity Trees

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-26T08:11:17-06:00June 14th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: aspen, branch, campsite, cavities, cavity, cavity nesters, forest, House Wren, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Montana, mountains, nest, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nests, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, Red-naped Sapsucker, safe haven, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, Troglodytes aedon, woodpecker, wren, wrens|

I am heart-broken about losing the Magical Sapsucker Tree but I am glad to have found a few more where the chicks are thriving and are safe so far.

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American White Pelicans of the Great Basin

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-09T19:35:20-05:00April 21st, 2012|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Locomotive Springs, Utah|Tags: adults, American White Pelican, birds, breeding colony, campsite, flight, Great Basin, Gunnison Island, nest, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, soaring, springs, thermal, thermals|

During the winter months I miss seeing large flocks of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) soaring in the thermals, in the past few weeks I have been delighted to see them again.

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