gorging – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Young Brown-headed Cowbird With A Gluttonous Appetite

By Mia McPherson|2024-07-12T17:36:42-05:00July 13th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: appetite, birdbath, Brown-headed Cowbird, cowbird, cowbirds, dive, feeder, gluttonous, gorging, immature, Molothrus ater, Porky, ravenous, seeds, summer, sunflower, urban, yard, young|

This is a short story, based in facts, about a gluttonous young Brown-headed Cowbird that visited my friend Steve Creek's feeder in Arkansas for several days.

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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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Least Chipmunk Feasting On Ripe Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-13T13:23:23-05:00August 8th, 2020|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, banquet, berries, berry, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, eating, feasting, feeding, forest, gorging, juicy, Least Chipmunk, leaves, mountains, Neotamias minimus, ripe, ripening, serviceberries, serviceberry, shrub, squirrels, summer, Utah Serviceberry, wildfires|

Birds aren't the only creatures feasting on the ripe serviceberries in the Wasatch Mountains right now, Least Chipmunks are also gorging on the juicy berries too.

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