Ailanthus altissima – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Why I See More Than A Tree In These Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-29T05:01:28-06:00December 29th, 2023|Categories: Conservation, Davis County, Environment, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Habitat, Trees, Utah|Tags: Ailanthus altissima, Chinese Sumac, clouds, Goose Egg Island, hill, marsh, mountains, sky, tree, Tree-of-heaven, trees, Wasatch Mountains, wetlands, winter|

Both of these photos show the same tree on Goose Egg Island at Farmington Bay WMA. The images were taken in December of 2022 and 2013.

Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler At Farmington Bay WMA

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-09T15:15:21-05:00October 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: adult, Ailanthus altissima, Chinese Sumac, Myrtle, Myrtle Warbler, perched, Setophaga coronata, stinking sumac, Tree-of-heaven, warbler, warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

Whatever the gender, I was delighted that the Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler perched in the tree long enough for me to take a nice series of images of it.

Frosted Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-29T05:06:58-06:00December 13th, 2013|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Ailanthus altissima, Chinese Sumac, frost, frosty, hoar frost, marsh, nature photography, photography, rime, sky, tree, Tree-of-heaven, trees, wetlands, winter|

I have mentioned in recent posts that winter can be harsh in the Salt Lake Valley in posts with images I had taken at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area so I wanted to share these two images taken there yesterday.