foothills – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Male Horned Lark In The West Desert

By Mia McPherson|November 2nd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, crouching, desert, Eremophila alpestris, foothills, lark, larks, lift off, male, rock, sky island mountains, spring, take off, west desert|

In the West Desert of Utah there are a few places in Tooele County I can almost be sure to find Horned Larks warming themselves in the morning light on rocks and boulders.

Singing Green-tailed Towhee

By Mia McPherson|May 8th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, canyon, desert, foothills, Green-tailed Towhee, juniper, mountains, perched, Pipilo chlorurus, singing, sky, sparrow, sparrows, spring, Stansbury Mountains, towhee, towhees|

Yesterday I was able to photograph this Green-tailed Towhee as it sang on top of a Juniper in a canyon of the Stansbury Mountains in Tooele County, Utah.

Horned Larks In Utah

By Mia McPherson|February 14th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: desert, Eremophila alpestris, female, foothills, Great Basin, ground foragers, Horned Lark, lark, larks, male, open country, perched, Shore Lark, singing, Stansbury Mountains|

Yesterday was awesome for Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) in Tooele County, Utah.