honeysuckles – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Sage Thrasher In Riparian Habitat

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-07T04:22:15-05:00August 7th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Sage Thrashers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adaptation, adult, Black twinberry honeysuckle, canyon, climate change, elevation, habitat, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, Lonicera involucrata, mimids, mountains, Oreoscoptes montanus, riparian habitat, riparian zone, Sage Thrasher, strange, thrasher, thrashers, willow thicket, willows|

Towards the end of last month I found a Sage Thrasher high in the mountains in riparian habitat which surprised me. A lot.

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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird Feeding On Honeysuckle

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-05T05:17:37-05:00May 30th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds|Tags: adult, Archilochus alexandri, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbird, canyon, eating, feeding, female, flight, flying, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, riparian habitat, spring|

I took these female Black-chinned Hummingbird photos as she fed on the nectar of a honeysuckle last week high in the Wasatch Mountains near an alpine creek.

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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird With Honeysuckle

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-19T04:55:52-05:00May 19th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Archilochus alexandri, Black Twinberry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbird, canyon, female, flight, flower bud, flying, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, perched, poking, riparian habitat, spring, wildflowers|

When I spotted this tiny female Black-chinned Hummingbird yesterday high in the Wasatch Mountains I hoped she'd begin to feed on some nearby honeysuckle.

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Willow Flycatcher Plus Info On The Parleys Canyon Fire

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-18T05:01:14-05:00August 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: #ParleysCanyonFire, adult, Black twinberry honeysuckle, canyon, Empidonax traillii, Empids, fire, flycatcher, flycatchers, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, I-80, Interstate, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, Parleys Canyon, perched, riparian habitat, summer, tyrant flycatchers, Wasatch Mountains, wildfire, Willow Flycatcher|

I-80 runs east/west through Parleys Canyon and just after 1 pm a catalytic convertor ejected hot particles along the roadside which started the #ParleysCanyonFire.

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Female Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-22T05:10:41-05:00July 22nd, 2021|Categories: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Argynnis cybele, Black twinberry honeysuckle, butterflies, butterfly, canyon, Carduus nutans, female, forest, fritillaries, fritillary, Great Spangled Fritillary, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, Musk Thistle, nectaring, nonnative, pink wildflowers, summer, thistle, thistles, wildflowers|

This is a female Great Spangled Fritillary, a butterfly species that can be abundant in the Wasatch Mountains at this time of the year.

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Gray Catbird Searching For Berries

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-20T21:26:06-05:00June 30th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, berries, berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, canyon, catbird, catbirds, Dumetella carolinensis, excited, flashing, flowering, fruit, fruits, Gray Catbird, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, native, perched, riparian habitat, stick, summer, tail, Wasatch Mountains, wildflower, willows, yellow wildflower|

Yesterday morning I spent part of my time in the Wasatch Mountains focused on a Gray Catbird searching for ripe honeysuckle berries.

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Spring Female Black-chinned Hummingbird Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-07T04:58:33-05:00June 7th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Archilochus alexandri, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbird, canyon, feeding, female, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, nectaring, resting, riparian habitat, spring, willows|

I took my first Black-chinned Hummingbird of the year photos in the middle of May but it wasn't until the end of the month that I took some that I liked.

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Cedar Waxwings Plus A Singing Mystery Bird Revealed

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-30T16:41:31-05:00July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, alert, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Catharus ustulatus, Cedar Waxwing, close up, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, Lonicera involucrata, Morgan County, mountains, mystery, perched, portrait, recording, song, Swainson's Thrush, video, waxwing, waxwings|

As soon as I stopped my Jeep two Cedar Waxwings popped into view. The waxwings were close so I took portraits of them perched among the honeysuckles.

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird Bliss in The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T03:54:40-05:00June 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Buffalo Currant, Clove Currant, currant, currants, feathers, feeding, flight, flying, Golden Currant, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, native, nectar, Ribes aureum, Selasphorus platycercus, shaking, shrubs, wildflowers|

I spent yesterday morning enjoying a Broad-tailed Hummingbird bliss in the Wasatch Mountains by finding their favorite perches and photographing them feeding, resting, and defending their territories.

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