creekside – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Recent Wild Turkey Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-14T03:15:20-05:00October 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, autumn, beard, canyon, close up, colors, creek, creekside, fall, long, male, Meleagris gallopavo, mountains, plumage, tom, turkey, turkeys, upland game birds, Wild Turkey|

On my three recent trips up into the Wasatch Mountains I have been able to take Wild Turkey images on two of the chilly mornings.

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Young And Scruffy Yellow-rumped Warbler

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-13T03:13:08-05:00August 13th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: creekside, desert, immature, juvenile, leaves, mountains, perched, scruffy, Setophaga coronata, sky island mountains, summer, warbler, warblers, willow, willow thicket, willows, wood-warbler, wood-warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler, young|

Earlier this week I spent a few moments focused on a scruffy young Yellow-rumped Warbler perched above a creek in the sky island mountains of the West Desert.

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Young Coyote Near A Creek In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-18T04:59:38-05:00July 18th, 2022|Categories: Coyotes, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: blooming, Canis latrans, canyon, Coyote, coyotes, creek, creekside, grasses, immature, injured eye, lupine, lupines, Lupinus argenteus, mammals, mountains, purple wildflowers, riparian habitat, Silvery Lupine, song dog, summer, vegetation, water, wildflowers, young|

Yesterday morning while photographing bees on wildflowers I spotted a young Coyote walking towards a mountain creek through some grass and sagebrush.

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Creekside Mule Deer Doe

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-12T05:15:48-05:00July 12th, 2022|Categories: Mule Deer, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, close up, creek, creekside, deer, doe, female, mountains, Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, portrait, riparian habitat, summer, willow thicket, willows|

This creekside Mule Deer doe portrait was one of my favorite photos from my trip high into the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning.

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Creekside Willow Flycatcher

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-25T05:53:42-05:00June 25th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: adult, canyon, creek, creekside, Empidonax traillii, Empids, flycatcher, flycatchers, grasses, mountains, perched, riparian habitat, summer, Willow Flycatcher|

This creekside Willow Flycatcher photo was a highlight and my favorite photo that I took yesterday while I was high in the mountains looking for birds.

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Oh Deer, What A Wonderful Morning!

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-05T05:19:06-05:00June 4th, 2022|Categories: Mule Deer, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, alpine, canyon, creek, creekside, deer, deers, doe, female, grass, grasses, mammals, mid stride, mountains, Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, shedding, spring, stream, water, wildflowers|

Even though I am primarily a bird photographer I won't pass up the opportunity to photograph mammals when they come into my view like this Mule Deer doe did.

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What Do These Grasses Going To Seed Have To Do With A Lazuli Bunting?

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-19T06:16:18-05:00June 19th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, bunting, buntings, canyon, close up, creek, creek side, creekside, eating, going to seed, grass, grass seed, grasses, Lazuli Bunting, male, mountains, Passerina amoena, riparian habitat, seed|

Yesterday while I was up in the Wasatch Mountains looking for birds I also noticed some grasses going to seed and took photos of them.

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Spring Female Cassin’s Finch

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-21T06:23:24-05:00May 21st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Cassin's Finches, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, alpine creek, branches, canyon, Cassin's Finch, creek, creekside, female, finch, finches, Haemorhous cassinii, mountains, paying attention, sky island mountains, spring, willows|

When this female Cassin's Finch landed next to a creek two days ago in the West Desert I was happy to take her photo.

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Bluebells, Currants, Warblers And A Duck

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-15T05:59:28-05:00May 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Morgan County, Shrubs, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, alpine, Anas platyrhynchos, bath, bathing, beaver damage, bloom, blooming, blossoms, blue wildflowers, branch, branches, canyon, creek, creekside, currant, currants, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, female, flowering, flowers, fork, Golden Currant, male, Mallard, mallards, Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebells, mountains, perched, pink wildflowers, purple wildflowers, Ribes aureum, riparian zone, Setophaga petechia, shrub, singing, spring, stump, tapestry, warbler, warblers, water, water droplets, wildflowers, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

I spent my morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday and came home with photos of bluebells, currants, warblers, and a duck.

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