Western Chokecherry – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue Elderberry, Box Elder County, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflowers, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, East Canyon, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Gray’s Biscuitroot, Hound’s Tongue, Lewis’s Flax, Longleaf Phlox, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, White Water Crowfoot, Wood's Rose|Tags: Aster, Beardtongue, blooming, blooms, Blue Elderberry, Blue Flax, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflower, Curlycup Gumweed, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, flowers, Gray's Biscuitroot, Houndstongue, Lewis's flax, Longleaf Phlox, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Penstemon, Prickly Poppy, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geranium, Utah Serviceberry, Western Chokecherry, White Water-crowfoot, wildflower, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. Birds are my primary subjects yet I simply can't resist focusing on wildflowers.

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Cedar Waxwing In A Chokecherry

By Mia McPherson|August 27th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry|Tags: adult, bloom, blooming, blossoms, Bombycilla cedrorum, branches, calling, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, Chokecherry, flowering, flowering tree, fluffy, forest edge, fruiting tree, leaves, Morgan County, mountains, perched, Prunus virginiana, Prunus virginiana demissa, ripe, ripening, summer, tree, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, waxwing, waxwings, Western Chokecherry|

On a recent trip up into the Wasatch Mountains I had a cooperative Cedar Waxwing who was perched on a branch of a chokecherry tree with blue sky behind it.

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Warbling Vireo And Ripe Chokecherries

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, Western Warbling-Vireos|Tags: branch, cherries, cherry, chokecherries, Chokecherry, leaves, Prunus virginiana, Prunus virginiana demissa, ripe, summer, vireo, Vireo swainsoni, vireos, Western Chokecherry, Western Warbling-Vireo|

One of the birds that I photographed in Morgan County two days ago was this lovely Warbling Vireo perched alongside of ripe chokecherries. I was excited to see it.

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Some Birds And Blooms From The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 13th, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Gray Catbirds, Mallards, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Northern Yellow Warblers, Red-tailed Hawks, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, Anas platyrhynchos, babies, bathing, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, catbirds, Chokecherry, creek, ducklings, ducks, Dumetella carolinensis, feathers, feed, finches, flowering, gold finches, grasses, Gray Catbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, Mallard, Melospiza melodia, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountains, native, Prunus virginiana, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, Setophaga aestiva, singing, Song Sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Thermopsis montana, tree, warbler, warblers, Western Chokecherry, wet, willows, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

This morning I wanted to share some photos of the birds and blooms that I took images of one morning last week while I was high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Western Chokecherry Before Blooming

By Mia McPherson|May 18th, 2022|Categories: Tooele County, Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, Utah, West Desert, Western Chokecherry|Tags: buds, Chokecherry, close up, desert, flower buds, flowering shrub, flowering tree, fruiting tree, fruting shrub, mountains, native, Prunus virginiana, Prunus virginiana demissa, shrub, sky island mountains, spring, tree, Western Chokecherry|

Last week I stopped to take photos of a Western Chokecherry because I could see that there were flower buds on it and I want to follow this chokecherry this year.

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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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