Grindelia squarrosa – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Purple Loosestrife, Curlycup Gumweed and Chicory

By Mia McPherson|2023-06-03T03:04:09-05:00June 3rd, 2023|Categories: Chicory, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Purple Loosestrife, Utah|Tags: blooming, blooms, blossoms, blue wildflowers, Chicory, Cichorium intybus, Common Chicory, Curlycup Gumweed, flowering, flowers, Grindelia squarrosa, introduced, invasive, loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, marsh, native, non-native, nonnative, pink wildflowers, Purple Loosestrife, purple wildflowers, summer, wetlands, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I took these photos of Purple Loosestrife, Curlycup Gumweed, and Chicory last year while driving around Farmington Bay WMA in September.

A Cook’s Memorial? Odd Things I Find While Looking For Birds

By Mia McPherson|2021-01-19T06:03:13-06:00January 19th, 2021|Categories: Miscellaneous, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: bows, cooks memorial, Curlycup Gumweed, desert, grasses, Grindelia squarrosa, memorial, odd things, pottery shards, range, roadside oddities, rocks, seashells, winter, wooden spoons|

As best as I can figure out what is in this photo is a cook's memorial that I found 7 years ago today out on a range in Utah's West Desert.

Cutest Bee Flies in the World on Rabbitbrush & Curlycup Gumweed

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T06:42:54-05:00September 15th, 2018|Categories: Bee Flies, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Anastoechus, Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bombyliinae, Curlycup Gumweed, cute, fuzzy, Grindelia squarrosa, Gumweed, native, nectaring, parasite, rabbitbrush, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I photographed some of the cutest, fuzzy Bee Flies in the world this week nectaring on Rabbitbrush and Curlycup Gumweed in the Stansbury Mountains of the West Desert.