high Uintas – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Blooming Wright’s Buckwheat In The High Uintas Of Utah

By Mia McPherson|August 13th, 2025|Categories: High Uintas, Mirror Lake Highway, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wright's Buckwheat|Tags: blooming, blooms, blossoms, buckwheat, buckwheats, Eriogonum wrightii, flowering, high Uintas, Mirror Lake Highway, native, pink wildflowers, Summit County, Utah, wildflowers, Wright's Buckwheat|

Almost two years ago, April Olson traveled with me into the Uinta Mountains of Utah, where I photographed these blooming Wright's Buckwheat.

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Some Mammals I Loved In 2022

By Mia McPherson|December 28th, 2022|Categories: American Badgers, Davis County, Elk, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Least Chipmunks, Long-tailed Weasels, Morgan County, Mule Deer, Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, American Badger, autumn, baby, badger, badger burrow, badgers, canyon, Cervus canadensis, chipmunk, chipmunks, close up, cow, curious, cute, Elk, elks, fall, female, fence post, grazing, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, high Uintas, hillside, kissing, Least Chipmunk, Long-tailed Weasel, mammals, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, marsh, mountains, mustelids, Neogale frenata, Neotamias minimus, portrait, profile, roadside, rock, rock pile, rocks, rocky slope, shadow, spring, squirrel, squirrels, summer, summer coat, Taxidea taxus, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, weasel, weasels, wetlands, wooden post, Yellow-bellied Marmot, young|

This morning I am sharing some photos of the mammals I loved finding, seeing, photographing and having in my viewfinder in 2022.

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Uinta Chipmunks In The High Uinta Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 8th, 2021|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Chipmunks, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, Bald Mountain overlook, boulders, chipmunk, chipmunks, forest, grooming, hidden forest chipmunk, high Uintas, lichen, male, mountains, Neotamias umbrinus, pair, resting, rocks, scenery, spring, tree trunk, Uinta Chipmunk|

I spent yesterday morning traveling Mirror Lake Highway in the Uinta Mountains and came home with a few photos of Uinta Chipmunks.

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Photographing Nesting House Wrens in the High Uintas

By Mia McPherson|June 2nd, 2018|Categories: Nesting Birds, Northern House Wrens, Summit County, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, aspen, cavity, cavity nesters, feather, forest, frustrations in photography, high Uintas, Mirror Lake Highway, mountains, nest, nest opening, nesting, nesting behavior, nesting cavity, nesting season, Northern House Wren, photographing, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, secondary cavity nesters, Troglodytes aedon, wren, wrens|

Two days ago I spent time photographing nesting House Wrens in the high Uintas near Mirror Lake Highway, of interest to me is that two years ago I photographed Red-naped Sapsuckers using this same nesting cavity.

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Pine Siskins

By Mia McPherson|February 12th, 2012|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: adult, camping, Carduelis pinus, finch, finches, forest, high Uintas, mountains, Mule Ears, perched, siskin, siskins, Uintahs, Utah, Wyethia amplexicaulis|

While exploring the area and it's breath taking beauty I spotted a large flock of Pine Siskins feeding on the seedheads of Mule Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis).

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Juvenile Flycatchers – Mystery Identification

By Mia McPherson|November 6th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, High Uintas, Summit County, Tyrant Flycatchers, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Unidentified Flycatcher Images, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, chick, high Uintas, immature, juveniles, pine beetles, tyrant flycatchers, unidentified flycatcher juveniles, young|

Near the camp site one afternoon I could hear tiny peeping sounds in the pines and I went to investigate, the sweet calls were coming from these juvenile Flycatchers.

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