rock face – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Immature Light Morph Red-tailed Hawk Plus A Dark Morph Adult

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-19T05:36:07-05:00September 19th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, birds of prey, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, cliff, cliff face, dark morph, desert, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, lichen, lichens, light morph, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rock, rock face, rocks, sage, sagebrush, sky, summer, Utah, young|

When I spotted the light colored breast of this immature light morph Red-tailed Hawk from a distance it seemed to glow in the morning light.

Yellow-bellied Marmot Pups in Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-04T04:14:38-05:00May 19th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: baby, climbing, eating, Endangered Species Day, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, nibbling, pup, pups, rock face, rocks, spring, Yellow-bellied Marmot, young|

I have been very successful spotting Yellow-bellied Marmots and their pups the past few weeks in northern Utah and it has been a delight for me to photograph and observe them.

Yellow-bellied Marmot with Pups

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-04T04:15:52-05:00May 6th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, cave, eating, female, grass, grasses, lichen, lichen covered, look out, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, pup, pups, rock face, rocks, yellow belly marmot, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

Yesterday I was able to photograph a Yellow-bellied Marmot with pups, these are photos I have wanted to take for years but until now haven't been able to create.