juniper woodland – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spring Male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-14T06:39:43-05:00May 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, branch, branches, breeding plumage, curious, desert, flowering tree, gnatcatcher, gnatcatchers, juniper woodland, junipers, looking, male, mountains, perched, Polioptila caerulea, singing, sky island mountains, spring, squinting, tree|

I was thrilled to find and photograph a male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in spring breeding plumage yesterday at the edge of a juniper woodland in Tooele County.