fruiting shrub – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Blue Elderberry – Leave Food for Wildlife

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-06T04:54:18-05:00August 31st, 2023|Categories: Blue Elderberry, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: berries, berry, Blue Elderberry, canyon, close up, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, leaves, mountains, ripening, Sambucus cerulea, Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea, shrub, summer|

When I photographed these ripening Blue Elderberry berries a few days ago, I was reminded of something I saw last year related to the elderberries I observe in the Wasatch Mountains.

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My 2022 Year In Review

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-10T04:24:07-06:00December 31st, 2022|Categories: American Kestrels, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Box Elder County, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, Horned Grebes, Morgan County, Ring-billed Gulls, Rock Wrens, Ruffed Grouse, Tundra Swans, Utah, Warbling Vireos, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, American Kestrel, Aquila chrysaetos, autumn, background, berries, Bewick's Swan, bill, birds of prey, Black-billed Magpie, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Bonasa umbellus, boulder, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Bubo virginianus, building, canyon, close up, corvids, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Davis County, desert, dirt, eagle, eagles, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, fall, farmlands, female, fledgling, flight, flock, flowering, flowering shrub, flying, forest edge, fruiting shrub, fruits, fruting shrubs, Golden Eagle, gorget, Great Horned Owl, grebe, grebes, grouse, gull, gulls, Horned Grebe, hummingbird, hummingbirds, immature, juvenile, kestrel, kestrels, Larus delawarensis, lichen, lores, magpie, magpies, male, marsh, mountains, nest, nest box, nesting, nonbreeding plumage, owl, owls, perched, Pica hudsonia, Podiceps auritus, raptors, rare, reflection, Ring-billed Gull, riparian habitat, road, roadside, rock, Rock Wren, rocks, Ruffed Grouse, Salpinctes obsoletus, Selasphorus platycercus, serviceberries, serviceberry, Setophaga petechia, shrub, spring, stink-eye, summer, swan, swans, thicket, tree, Tundra Swans, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, vagrant, warbler, warblers, water, waterbirds, waterfowl, wetlands, willow, willow thicket, willows, winter, winter plumage, wood-warbler, wood-warblers, wren, wrens, Yellow Warbler, young|

On this last day of the year it is time for my annual 2022 Year in Review post. In some ways 2022 has been great for me and in others not so good.

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Old Bullock’s Oriole Nest In Autumn

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-18T04:20:19-06:00November 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, autumn, berry, branches, Bullock's Oriole, canyon, Cottonwood, cottonwoods, fall, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, Icterus bullockii, immature, leaves, mountains, nest, Old Bullock's, oriole, orioles, perched, Populus, serviceberries, serviceberry, sky, summer., tree, Utah Serviceberry, young|

Now that many of the leaves have fallen off the trees along the Jordan River I have been finding quite a few Bullock's Oriole nests on my walks along the trail.

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Young Green-tailed Towhee In A Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-10T03:38:14-05:00September 10th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier alnifolia, berries, berry, canyon, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, Green-tailed Towhee, immature, juvenile, mountains, Pipilo chlorurus, Saskatoon, serviceberries, serviceberry, sparrow, sparrows, summer, towhee, towhees, Western Serviceberry, young|

I found this young Green-tailed Towhee perched in a serviceberry high in a mountain canyon on a sunny morning on the last day of July this year.

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Late Summer Cedar Waxwing Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-08T04:38:31-05:00September 8th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, crane fly, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, mosquito hawk, mountains, perched, serviceberry, shrub, summer, Tipulidae, Utah Serviceberry, waxwing, waxwings|

This morning I am sharing three late summer Cedar Waxwing images I took in late August in a canyon high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Least Chipmunk And Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-12T03:11:39-05:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, breakfast, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, chowing down, close up, eating, face, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, funny, Least Chipmunk, leaves, mountains, ripe, serviceberries, serviceberry, squirrel, squirrels, staring, stretching, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

Warning: More cute Least Chipmunk photos ahead plus serviceberries high in the Wasatch Mountain Range. I just can't resist them and I don't want to.

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Immature Bullock’s Oriole Photos From The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-11T16:50:03-05:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Morgan County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, branch, Bullock's Oriole, canyon, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, hawthorn, Icterus bullockii, immature, mountains, oriole, orioles, perched, serviceberries, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, young|

My last stop yesterday up in the Wasatch Mountains gave me great views and photos of this immature Bullock's Oriole perched in a serviceberry shrub.

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Male American Goldfinch With Ripe Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-08T04:33:43-05:00August 8th, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, American Goldfinch, berries, berry, breeding plumage, canyon, finch, finches, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, goldfinch, goldfinches, male, mountains, perched, serviceberries, serviceberry, shrub, sky, Spinus tristis, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

I was happy to have this male American Goldfinch perched with ripe serviceberries in front of him for a few moments yesterday high in the mountains.

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Least Chipmunk Family Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-05T02:46:12-05:00August 5th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, Least Chipmunk, mammals, mountains, Neotamias minimus, serviceberries, serviceberry, shrub, squirrel, squirrels, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

Two mornings ago I had an absolutely fantastic time photographing a Least Chipmunk family feeding, cuddling, grooming and playing high in the mountains.

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Young Lazuli Bunting In A Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-21T06:02:22-05:00July 21st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, bunting, buntings, canyon, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, immature, juvenile, Lazuli Bunting, leaves, mountains, Passerina amoena, peeking, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, young|

I escaped into the coolness of the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning for a few hours. While I was there I photographed this young Lazuli Bunting.

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Young Black-billed Magpie In A Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-13T04:54:59-05:00July 13th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, Black-billed Magpie, calling, canyon, corvids, fledgling, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, fruits, immature, juvenile, magpie, magpies, mountains, perched, Pica hudsonia, serviceberries, serviceberry, shrub, summer, Utah Serviceberry, young|

Last Friday I found this Black-billed Magpie perched in a serviceberry shrub high in the mountains and stopped to take photos of the young bird.

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Roundleaf Snowberry In Bloom

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-26T05:21:09-05:00June 26th, 2022|Categories: Roundleaf Snowberry, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: bloom, blooming, bloosoms, canyon, flowering, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, mountains, native, Roundleaf Snowberry, shrub, snowberries, Snowberry, summer, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius|

Last week I was excited to see the the Roundleaf Snowberry shrubs high in the Wasatch Mountains had started to go into bloom.

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Cedar Waxwing Photos And Serviceberries Are Setting Fruit

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-16T05:01:43-05:00June 16th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, flowering shrub, flowering tree, fruiting shrub, fruiting tree, mountains, perched, serviceberry, spring, staring, Utah Serviceberry, waxwing, waxwings|

Yesterday morning one of the birds I photographed was a stunning adult Cedar Waxwing perched on a serviceberry that has started to develop fruit.

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Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly With Serviceberry Blossoms

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-12T05:05:39-05:00June 12th, 2022|Categories: Shrubs, Summit County, Two-tailed Swallowtails, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, blooming, blooms, blossoms, butterflies, butterfly, canyon, close up, flowering, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, mountains, Papilio multicaudata, serviceberry, shrub, spring, Summit County, swallowtail, swallowtails, Two-tailed Swallowtail, Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|

Late last week I stopped my Jeep in the Wasatch Mountains because I spotted a Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly resting on a blooming serviceberry shrub.

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird Male Flashing His Gorget

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-07T03:40:12-05:00June 7th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, flowering shrub, forestr edge, fruiting shrub, gorget, gummingbird, hummingbirds, male, mountains, perched, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, serviceberry, shrub, tree, Utah Serviceberry|

I thought I would share a few photos of a adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbird I took high in the Wasatch Mountains last week as he flashed his gorget.

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Yellow And MacGillivray’s Warbler Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-05T05:19:28-05:00June 5th, 2022|Categories: Birds, MacGillivray's Warblers, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, bloom, blooming, blossoms, branch, canyon, flowering, flowering shrub, flowers, forest edge, fruiting shrub, Geothlypis tolmiei, MacGillivray's Warbler, male, mountains, perched, riparian habitat, serviceberry, Setophaga petechia, spring, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers, wood-warbler, wood-warblers, Yellow Warbler|

Three days ago when I wasn't photographing a Broad-tailed Hummingbird I took male Yellow and MacGillivray's Warbler photos as they chased each other around.

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Least Chipmunk Eating A Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-13T13:29:30-05:00June 28th, 2020|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Shrubs, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, branches, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, close up, eating, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, growing season, Least Chipmunk, leaves, mid-way, midway, mountains, Neotamias minimus, serviceberries, serviceberry, shrub, Utah Serviceberry|

Last week while I was up in the Wasatch Mountains photographing birds I had a Least Chipmunk pop into my view while it ate a serviceberry.

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