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Utah Fox Squirrel Close Ups

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-06T03:53:48-06:00December 6th, 2023|Categories: Fox Squirrels, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, close up, fall, Fox Squirrel, home, mammals, nonnative, portrait, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, tree, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, trunk, urban|

I didn't have to travel far to take close-up photos of this Fox Squirrel. In fact, I photographed the squirrel when I got home from checking out my local pond.

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Fall Yellow-rumped Warbler – Urban Birds

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-07T06:12:27-05:00October 7th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: autumn, branch, defensive behavior, defensive posture, diet, fall, home, migrate, migration, nonbreeding plumage, open bill, perched, Setophaga coronata, sky, urban, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

This has been a weird fall so far and because of that I haven't been out to look for urban birds like this Yellow-rumped Warbler I photographed last year close to home.

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Urban Raptor Photography

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-16T11:30:01-05:00January 17th, 2021|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: accipiter, Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, adult, Bald Eagle, bird, birds of prey, branches, breakfast, Cooper’s Hawk, eagle, eagles, eating, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, hawk, home, living room, low light, neighborhood, raptor photography, raptors, tree, urban, window, winter|

When I first moved to Utah in 2009 I never expected to be able to do urban raptor photography from my living room window.

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Comforting and Changing Scenery – Centennial Valley, Montana

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-25T04:00:49-06:00June 5th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: barn, Centennial Valley, change, comforting, favorite views, home, nature photography, old barn, scenery, Welcome Home|

I know. We never know when things in our lives will change but I had come to depend of seeing that dear old barn on each journey through the Centennial Valley of Montana.

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