crabapple tree – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Winter Cedar Waxwing In A Crabapple Tree

By Mia McPherson|2023-01-27T04:47:32-06:00January 27th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bill, Bombycilla cedrorum, branches, Cedar Waxwing, crabapple, crabapple tree, crabapples, fruit, fruits, Malus, perched, sky, snow, urban, waxwing, waxwings, winter|

After the overnight snowfall two days ago I was able to photograph this Cedar Waxwing feeding on ripened crabapples along with loads of robins and starlings.

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Female House Finch Eating Crabapples

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-18T04:26:51-06:00December 18th, 2022|Categories: Birds, House Finches, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, bend, contortions, crabapple, crabapple tree, crabapples, eating, fall, finch, finches, fruit, fruits, gorging, Haemorhous mexicanus, House Finch, Malus, perched, sky, twist, urban|

I was able to get outside in the bitter cold for about an hour yesterday and found myself focused on a female House Finch eating crabapples close to home.

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Crabapples, Snow And Male House Finch Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-09T05:09:53-06:00December 9th, 2022|Categories: Birds, House Finches, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, bill, branches, crabapple, crabapple tree, crabapples, eating, fall, finch, finches, fruit, gorging, Haemorhous mexicanus, House Finch, male, Malus, perched, sky, snow, snowy, tree, urban|

After I cleared the snow from my Jeep yesterday morning, I went out for a bit and took a few male House Finch photos as they feasted on crabapples.

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European Starling On A Snowy Winter Day

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-20T13:59:31-05:00February 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, European Starlings, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: branch, branches, crabapple, crabapple tree, European Starling, fruit, fruits, snow, snowstorm, starling, starlings, storm, Sturnus vulgaris, tree, winter, winter plumage|

When this European Starling perched in a Crabapple tree close to me during the snowstorm I was able to get a few photos of it before my hands started to hurt from the cold.

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Winter American Robin Foraging In A Crabapple Tree

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-01T09:09:12-06:00February 5th, 2020|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, branch, branches, crabapple, crabapple tree, eating, foraging, fruit, fruits, perched, picking at, robin, robins, sky, thrush, thrushes, tree, trees, Turdus migratorius, twig, winter|

Yesterday I was able to focus on this American Robin as it foraged in the branches of a crabapple tree and took a nice, long series of images of the handsome red-breasted thrush.

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