Musk Thistle – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Musk Thistle And Bumble Bee In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-31T04:05:56-05:00August 30th, 2023|Categories: Morgan County, Musk Thistle, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blossom, bumble bee, bumble bees, bumblebees, canyon, Carduus nutans, flowering, insects, mountains, Musk Thistle, nectaring, nonnative, pink wildflowers, summer, thistle, thistles, wildflowers|

This morning, I'm sharing a simple image of a Musk Thistle and a bumblebee that I photographed two days ago in the high country of the Wasatch Mountains.

Female American Goldfinch With Thistles

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-22T04:46:04-05:00July 22nd, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Musk Thistle, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, aphids, blooming, blooms, blossoms, canyon, Carduus nutans, female, finch, finches, flowering, goldfinch, goldfinches, mountains, Musk Thistle, nonnative, perched, perching, pink wildflowers, Spinus tristis, summer, thistle, thistles, wildflowers|

Right after I photographed a juvenile Lazuli Bunting two days ago a female American Goldfinch landed in a patch of thistles in front of me.

Early July Wildflowers In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-16T09:11:24-05:00July 16th, 2022|Categories: Blue Elderberry, Morgan County, Musk Thistle, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Utah, Washington County, Wood's Rose|Tags: Arnica longifolia, bee, beetles, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Blue Elderberry, buds, canyon, Carduus nutans, Eriogonum heracleoides, Geranium viscosissimum, Lupinus argenteus, mountains, Musk Thistle, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, ravine, Rosa woodsii, rosebuds, Sambucus cerulea, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Geranium, summer, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in the first part of July that I have found in Summit and Morgan Counties high in the Wasatch Mountains.