Tyrant Flycatchers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Western Kingbird – A Consolation Prize

By Mia McPherson|May 29th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Utah, Utah County, Western Kingbirds|Tags: adult, bird photography, bush, desert, flycatcher, flycatchers, kingbird, kingbirds, rocks, spring, Tyrannus verticalis, Western Kingbird|

There are times when I go out to photograph a specific species but come home with images of birds I didn't expect to see.

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Montana Is Beckoning To Me…

By Mia McPherson|May 7th, 2012|Categories: American White Pelicans, Beaverhead County, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Birds, Cliff Lake, Eastern Kingbirds, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Gravelly Range, Great Horned Owls, Madison County, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Pronghorn, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-tailed Hawks, Short-eared Owls, Swainson's Hawks, Tree Swallows, Wilson's Snipes, Yellow-pine Chipmunks|Tags: Antilocapra americana, Asio flammeus, Bubo virginianus, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo swainsoni, Cliff Lake, Eastern Kingbird, Gallinago delicata, Great Horned Owl, homestead, immature, juvenile, Madison Range, Madison River, Mountain Bluebird, Pronghorn, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Sialia currucoides, Swainson's Hawk, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow, Tyrannus tyrannus, Wilson's Snipe|

Seeing the word "Montana" so often has gotten me anxious, antsy and itching to head north soon to see more of a state that beckons to me because I have fallen in love with it.

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Western Kingbirds – My FOY

By Mia McPherson|May 1st, 2011|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: adult, bird photography, branches, first of year, flycatcher, flycatchers, kingbird, kingbirds, perched, Tyrannus verticalis, Western Kingbird|

While I observed them one of the Western Kingbirds was actively hawking insects, swooping towards a bug then perching until it saw the next insect.

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Juvenile Flycatchers – Mystery Identification

By Mia McPherson|November 6th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, High Uintas, Summit County, Tyrant Flycatchers, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Unidentified Flycatcher Images, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, chick, high Uintas, immature, juveniles, pine beetles, tyrant flycatchers, unidentified flycatcher juveniles, young|

Near the camp site one afternoon I could hear tiny peeping sounds in the pines and I went to investigate, the sweet calls were coming from these juvenile Flycatchers.

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