Bullock's Oriole – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Old Bullock’s Oriole Nest In Autumn

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-18T04:20:19-06:00November 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, autumn, berry, branches, Bullock's Oriole, canyon, Cottonwood, cottonwoods, fall, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, Icterus bullockii, immature, leaves, mountains, nest, Old Bullock's, oriole, orioles, perched, Populus, serviceberries, serviceberry, sky, summer., tree, Utah Serviceberry, young|

Now that many of the leaves have fallen off the trees along the Jordan River I have been finding quite a few Bullock's Oriole nests on my walks along the trail.

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Immature Bullock’s Oriole Photos From The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-11T16:50:03-05:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Morgan County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, branch, Bullock's Oriole, canyon, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, hawthorn, Icterus bullockii, immature, mountains, oriole, orioles, perched, serviceberries, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, young|

My last stop yesterday up in the Wasatch Mountains gave me great views and photos of this immature Bullock's Oriole perched in a serviceberry shrub.

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Western Kingbird Attempting To Take Over A Bullock’s Oriole Nest

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-14T05:32:15-06:00June 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Bullock's Orioles, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: adult, behavior, Bullock's Oriole, Celtis reticulata, desert, down, entering, female, Icterus bullockii, interactions, kingbird, kingbirds, nest, nest take over, Netleaf Hackberry, oriole, orioles, spring, Tyrannus verticalis, tyrant flycatchers, Western Kingbird|

At times I see some odd things in the field and two days ago that was what appeared to be a Western Kingbird attempting to take over a Bullock's Oriole nest.

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Birds & More Birds in The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-30T14:05:13-05:00August 10th, 2018|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Cedar Waxwings, Gray Catbirds, Lark Sparrows, Lazuli Buntings, Morgan County, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, American Robin, Bombycilla cedrorum, Bullock's Oriole, bunting, buntings, catbird, catbirds, Cedar Waxwing, Chondestes grammacus, Dumetella carolinensis, Gray Catbird, Icterus bullockii, immature, juvenile, Lark Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting, Melospiza melodia, oriole, orioles, Passerina amoena, robin, robins, Setophaga petechia, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Turdus migratorius, warbler, warblers, waxwing, waxwings, Yellow Warbler, young|

In the past week I have photographed so many birds in a Wasatch Mountain canyon that I thought I would share a group of them in a photo gallery.

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