hackberries – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Lark Sparrow On A Hackberry

By Mia McPherson|June 7th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Comanche County, Lark Sparrows, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Chondestes grammacus, hackberries, hackberry, Lark Sparrow, mixed-grass prairie, perched, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

Today I’m sharing another Lark Sparrow photo I took last month while visiting Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in south-central Oklahoma.

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My Solitaire Common Name Change Recommendation

By Mia McPherson|November 20th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Tooele County, Townsend's Solitaires, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, berries, berry, Box Elder County, Celtis reticulata, desert, fall, Fragrant Sumac, hackberries, hackberry, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, leaves, Myadestes townsendi, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, ranchlands, Rhus aromatica, roadside, shrub, sky, snow, snowy, solitaire, solitaires, sumac, thrush, thrushes, Townsend's Solitaire, tree, Utah, Utah Juniper|

In 2024, the common name for Townsend's Solitaire will change, along with many other bird names. My recommendation would be to rename it the Juniper Solitaire.

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Desert Red-tailed Hawk Photos

By Mia McPherson|October 28th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, autumn, Big Sagebrush, birds of prey, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Celtis reticulata, cliff, cliff face, dark morph, desert, dwelling, fall, hackberries, hackberry, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, leaves, lichen, lift off, lifting off, metal post, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, preparing, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, sage, sagebrush, sky, stony eyed, take off, taking off, Utah, young|

While I was up in far northern Utah looking for birds last week, I took quite a few Red-tailed Hawk photos. I shared one image a few days ago and here are a few more.

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Calls And Songs Of Townsend’s Solitaires

By Mia McPherson|October 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Summit County, Townsend's Solitaires, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, autumn, calls, canyon, Celtis reticulata, fall, hackberries, hackberry, hearing, immature, juvenile, mountains, Myadestes townsendi, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, solitaire, solitaires, songs, thrush, thrushes, Townsend's Solitaire, Utah, video, videos, young|

I know where in the mountains to find Townsend’s Solitaires by seeing them, hearing them and by knowing their preferred habitat.

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