Aster – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-29T04:11:01-06:00December 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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Summer Can Kiss My Asters

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-18T05:51:53-05:00September 18th, 2022|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Aster, aster family, Asters, blooming, blooms, blossoms, close up, flowering, purple wildflowers, roadside, summer, wildflowers|

The flowers of fall have started to bloom. I don't know which species of asters are in these photos that I took at Farmington Bay.

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Least Chipmunk On A Smoky Morning In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-13T13:04:00-05:00July 13th, 2021|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Aster, aster family, Asters, branch, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, crawling, eating, fleabane, forest edge, Least Chipmunk, Morgan County, mountains, Neotamias minimus, pink wildflowers, purple wildflowers, riparian habitat, Round Leaf Snowberry, smoky haze, summer, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, wildflowers|

I couldn't escape the smoke that is covering Utah even high in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday but I was delighted to photograph a Least Chipmunk and wildflowers through the smoky haze.

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Common Checkered-Skipper On Flowering Asters

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T07:20:26-05:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Aster, Asters, butterflies, butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper, Common Checkered-Skipper, nectaring, purple wildflowers, Spread-winged Skippers|

This is a Common Checkered-Skipper and can be found in most of the U.S., some southern parts of Canada and northern Mexico.

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