Common Mullein – 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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Immature Northern Shrike Jackpot!

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-26T06:05:08-06:00November 26th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Shrikes, Utah|Tags: autumn, Common Mullein, fall, immature, Lanius borealis, marsh, mullein, mulleins, Northern Shrike, perched, shrike, shrikes, Verbascum thapsus, wetlands, young|

I felt like I had hit a jackpot yesterday when I found an immature Northern Shrike perched on a Common Mullein at Farmington Bay WMA.

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Request For Grasshopper Identification

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-24T06:07:04-05:00July 24th, 2022|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: bee, blooming, blooms, blossoms, canyon, close up, Common Mullein, European curculionid weevil, flowering, Genus Melanoplus, grasshopper, grasshoppers, Gymnaetron tetrum, identification, instar, introduced, mountains, mullein, mulliens, native, native bee, nonnative, North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers, nymph, Spur-throated Grasshopper, summer, Verbascum thapsus, weevil, weevils, yellow wildflowers|

I have struggled for the past four days trying to identify a bright green grasshopper nymph that I found on a Common Mullein up in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Western Honey Bee And Common Mullein Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-03T05:52:32-05:00September 3rd, 2021|Categories: Honey Bees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Apis mellifera, bee, bees, bloom, blooming, canyon, Common Mullein, European Honeybee, flight, flowering, flying, introduced, mountains, mullein, mulleins, non-native, nonnative, pollen, riparian zone, summer, Western Honeybee|

Both Common Mullein and the Western Honey Bee are introduced, non-native species yet I can't resist photographing them when given the opportunity.

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Black-capped Chickadee Photos – Foraging in Common Mulleins

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-23T14:42:42-05:00August 28th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Black-capped Chickadee, bloom, blooming, branch, canyon, chickadee, chickadees, Common Mullein, fence, foraging, introduced, Morgan County, mountains, mullein, mulleins, nonnative, Poecile atricapillus, riparian zone, summer, Utah, Verbascum thapsus, Wasatch Mountains, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

Two days ago I was able to spend a few minutes taking Black-capped Chickadee photos as small flock of them foraged in Common Mulleins.

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Blooming Common Mullein Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-26T09:57:10-05:00August 2nd, 2021|Categories: Hunt's Bumble Bees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, Bombus huntii, bumble bee, bumble bees, canyon, Common Mullein, flight, flowering, flying, Hunt's Bumble Bee, mountains, mullein, mulliens, nectaring, non-native, nonnative, riparian habitat, summer, Verbascum thapsus, wildlflowers, yellow wildflowers|

Two days ago in between taking Willow Flycatcher photos in the Wasatch Mountains I took blooming Common Mullein images because they were nearby.

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Summer Willow Flycatcher Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-01T06:00:13-05:00August 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: barbed wire, blooming, Common Mullein, Empidonax traillii, Empids, fence, flycatcher, flycatchers, hunting, Morgan County, perched, prey, resting, summer, tyrant flycatchers, Utah, Verbascum thapsus, Wasatch Mountains, wildflowers, Willow Flycatcher, yellow wildflowers|

Yesterday morning I was able to spend time taking Willow Flycatcher photos high in the mountains with clear skies overhead as I watched the flycatchers hunting for prey.

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Male Mountain Bluebird Perched On Mullein

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-29T09:10:15-05:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Mountain Bluebirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, canyon, Common Mullein, male, Mountain Bluebird, mountains, mullein, perched, Sialia currucoides, spring, Verbascum thapsus|

I haven't had many bluebirds in my viewfinder this spring so when this adult male Mountain Bluebird perched on mullein showed up last week I was happy to photograph it.

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Immature Male Downy Woodpecker Close Up

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-05T08:55:57-05:00August 22nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Downy Woodpeckers, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: canyon, clinging, close up, Common Mullein, Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, foraged, immature, insects, juvenile, male, mountains, Verbascum thapsus, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

A few weeks ago while up in the Wasatch Mountains I was able to see and photograph an immature male Downy Woodpecker as it foraged for food in willows and while clinging to a Common Mullein.

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Immature White-crowned Sparrows Up In Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-20T04:57:41-05:00October 24th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: branch, Common Mullein, immature, juvenile, perched, perky, pose, rabbitbrush, sage, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, wild rose, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

I've been collecting images of immature White-crowned Sparrows that I have taken over the past month or so up in Box Elder County because of all the different settings I have photographed them in.

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Black-capped Chickadees Photographed In A Mountain Canyon

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-23T13:58:13-05:00August 13th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, bedraggled, berries, berry, Black-capped Chickadee, calling, canyon, chickadee, chickadees, Common Mullein, flight, mountains, Poecile atricapillus, serviceberries, serviceberry, song bird, Utah Serviceberry, Verbascum thapsus|

I spent some time yesterday morning observing, photographing and enjoying the songs and calls of Black-capped Chickadees in a high mountain canyon. Chickadees always bring a smile to my lips and yesterday was no exception.

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Blooming Common Mullein In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-09T03:03:02-05:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Common Mullein, Summit County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: blooming, Common Mullein, Flannel Leaf, introduced, invasive, mullein, mulleins, Verbascum thapsus, weed, wildflower, yellow wildflower|

As a child I remember plucking the leaves of Common Mullein just to touch them because the leaves were as soft as well worn flannel, their yellow flowers didn't interest me much but the soft leaves sure did.

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