clover – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies

By Mia McPherson|April 17th, 2026|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies|Tags: adult, blooming, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, close up, clover, Epargyreus clarus, feeding, nectaring, Silver-spotted Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly, skipper, skippers, spring, Trifolium repens, White Clover|

The last time I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge I spent some time focusing on Silver-spotted Skipper butterflies that were feeding on blooming clovers.

White Clover Close Up

By Mia McPherson|April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White Clovers|Tags: bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, clover, clovers, herbaceous, introduced, perennial, plants, spring, Trifolium repens, White Clover, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Zooming in on White Clover reveals a miniature world, no flowers in this frame but still full of bee-friendly benefits and quiet charm.

Kamas Valley Killdeer

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Kamas Valley, Killdeer, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, Charadrius vociferus, clover, cow poop, crap, grass, grasses, Killdeer, killdeers, manure, mountain valley, pasture, pink clover, pink clovers, plover, plovers, ranchlands, shorebirds, summer, valley, wet meadow|

Last week, in the Kamas Valley in Summit County, Utah I was pleased to take Killdeer photos in a wet meadow with pink clovers and piles of cow manure.