caterpillar – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Female Mountain Bluebird With Prey

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-29T08:40:06-05:00May 31st, 2020|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, caterpillar, female, fence post, grasses, lake, meadow, Mountain Bluebird, perched, pond, prey, Sialia currucoides, thrush, thrushes, valley, water, wooden post, young|

As I went through the images I took four years ago this photo of a female Mountain Bluebird perched on an old fence post with prey for her young in her bill stood out to me.

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Dusky Flycatcher In Morgan County, Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-01T16:06:41-05:00August 25th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Dusky Flycatchers, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: canyon, caterpillar, Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri, Empids, flycatcher, flycatchers, immature, mountains, perched, summer, young|

I am glad I didn't rush to report a Least Flycatcher along with the Baltimore Oriole when this little empid is actually a Dusky Flycatcher and a photographic lifer for me.

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Targhee National Forest Red-naped Sapsucker Feeding Young

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-11T06:59:25-05:00July 12th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, caterpillar, chicks, exposure issues, feeding, forest, landing, Montana, mountains, national forest land, nesting behavior, nesting cavity, nesting tree, prey, public land, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

Jackpot and frustrations... I'll explain the jackpot first and get to the frustrations later about the Targhee National Forest Red-naped Sapsucker feeding its young.

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Western Meadowlarks Are Very Active Right Now – They Know Spring Has Arrived

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-13T05:39:34-06:00March 15th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, bison manure, caterpillar, closeup, desert island, meadowlark, meadowlarks, perched, sign, spring, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

Western Meadowlarks are very active right now on the island, searching for insects, scurrying through the grasses and singing their hearts out from their favorite perches.

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