Trees – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Flowering Chokecherry Trees – AKA Blooming Bird Food

By Mia McPherson|June 8th, 2019|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Morgan County, Shrubs, Smith and Morehouse Reservoir, Summit County, Trees, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry|Tags: American Robin, bird food, bloom, blooming, cherry, Chokecherry, flowering shrubs, flowering tree, immature, native, Prunus virginiana, Prunus virginiana demissa, ripe, robin, robins, Turdus migratorius, Western Chokecherry|

Because of our wetter than normal spring it seems that the chokecherries are doing well, extremely well. Many of the chokecherry branches are bending low because of the weight of the blossoms.

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Lazuli Buntings In Serviceberry Trees – Fattening Up Before Migration

By Mia McPherson|August 26th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Morgan County, Shrubs, Trees, Utah|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berry, bunting, buntings, curious, eating, female, gape, immature, Lazuli Bunting, male, molting, Passerina amoena, serviceberry, young|

Over the past couple of weeks I have been able to photograph male, female and immature Lazuli Buntings as they have been gorging on the fruits of Serviceberry trees to fatten up before their migration.

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Aspen Eyes – Where Trees Appear To Gaze At The World Around Them

By Mia McPherson|June 17th, 2018|Categories: Clark County, Idaho, Summit County, Targhee National Forest, Trees, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: aspen, aspen eyes, aspens, branches, eyes, forest, montane forest, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspens, self pruning, tree, trees|

I love seeing the Aspen eyes of the forest upon me and I find myself happy to photograph them whenever I can.

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Camping on Public Lands in Clark County, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|July 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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Gunlock State Park, A Few Birds And Mojave Joshua Trees

By Mia McPherson|October 13th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Gunlock State Park, House Finches, Mojave Desert, Red-tailed Hawks, Trees, Utah, Washington County|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, clouds, Haemorhous mexicanus, hawk, hawks, House Finch, Joshua Tree, Joshua Trees, raptor, Red-tailed Hawk, sunset, tree, Yucca brevifolia|

I enjoyed my journey to Beaver Dam Wash, Gunlock State Park and the Mojave Desert even though I didn't see the birds I hoped to photograph, every journey is an adventure.

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Conservation Is A State Of Harmony

By Mia McPherson|October 6th, 2014|Categories: Conservation, Dead Horse Point State Park, Trees, Utah|Tags: Aldo Leopold, conservation, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, nature, nature photography, tree, trees, Utah Juniper|

I would love to say that while I am wandering around exploring the natural wonders we have been gifted with that I can forget about the assaults on the land and the creatures that live there but I can't.

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