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Spring Male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-14T06:39:43-05:00May 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, branch, branches, breeding plumage, curious, desert, flowering tree, gnatcatcher, gnatcatchers, juniper woodland, junipers, looking, male, mountains, perched, Polioptila caerulea, singing, sky island mountains, spring, squinting, tree|

I was thrilled to find and photograph a male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in spring breeding plumage yesterday at the edge of a juniper woodland in Tooele County.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Goldfinch & American Tree Sparrow in Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-13T12:28:20-05:00October 30th, 2017|Categories: American Goldfinches, American Tree Sparrows, Birds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: American Goldfinch, American Tree Sparrow, autumn, bi-colored bill, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, branch, fall, finches, Fragrant Sumac, gnatcatcher, gnatcatchers, goldfinch, goldfinches, nonbreeding plumage, perched, Polioptila caerulea, shadow, sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Spizelloides arborea, tree sparrow|

I spent time photographing primarily small birds yesterday in northern Utah which included Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, American Goldfinches and American Tree Sparrows.