leaf – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Box Elder Seeds And Water Birch Leaves

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-19T04:41:53-06:00November 19th, 2023|Categories: Box Elders, Salt Lake County, Utah, Water Birch|Tags: Acer negundo, autumn, Betula occidentalis, birch, birches, Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, broadleaf tree, close up, fall, Jordan River Trail, leaf, native, park, seed, seeds, trail, tree, trees, urban, Water Birch|

I'm sharing two photos this morning: one of Box Elder Maple seeds and another of Water Birch leaves that I took last autumn while on walks close to home.

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Male Lesser Goldfinch Under A Leafy Umbrella

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-28T03:32:21-05:00September 28th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Lesser Goldfinches, Utah|Tags: adult, autum, branch, fall, finch, finches, goldfinch, goldfinches, leaf, leaves, Lesser Goldfinch, male, marsh, perched, sky, Spinus psaltria, umbrella, wetlands|

Having fast reflexes and being able to stop my Jeep quickly helped me photograph this male Lesser Goldfinch under a leafy umbrella three days ago.

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Some Days Are Golden

By Mia McPherson|2023-01-10T03:28:43-06:00January 10th, 2023|Categories: Salt Lake County, Trees, Utah, Water Birch|Tags: Betula occidentalis, birch, birches, broadleaf tree, close up, golden, leaf, Salt Lake County, specular highlight, tree, trees, urban, Utah, Water Birch|

Some days are golden. Some days are decidedly not. This is just a short post because yesterday was definitely not.

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Drake Mallard And Reflections

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-19T04:54:18-06:00November 19th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Anas platyrhynchos, autumn, Cottonwood, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, fall, leaf, light pole, male, Mallard, mallards, reflections, urban, water, waterfowl|

This morning I am sharing a simple drake Mallard photo taken at my local pond. I liked this image because of the reflections of the duck, light pole and leaf.

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Golden Cottonwood Leaf On Fresh Snow

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-11T03:46:49-06:00November 11th, 2022|Categories: Eastern Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Trees, Utah|Tags: autumn, Cottonwood, cottonwoods, Eastern Cottonwood, fall, fresh, golden, ground, Jordan River, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Jordan River Trail, leaf, leaves, native, Populus deltoides, skiff, snow, tree, tress, urban|

Yesterday morning I had planned on walking along the Jordan River after the sun came up and when I saw that there was fresh snow on the ground I was even more excited.

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Autumn California Quail Covey

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-31T04:08:20-05:00October 31st, 2022|Categories: Birds, California Quails, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, California Quail, Callipepla californica, covey, fall, female, leaf, leaves, male, quail, quails, Salt Lake County, upland game birds, urban, Utah|

While walking along the Jordan River yesterday, I came upon a covey of about 25 California Quail. I was able to get close enough to photograph a few of them.

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Cottonwood Tree On The Jordan River Trail

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-14T05:55:49-05:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: Fremont Cottonwood, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, bark, Cottonwood, cottonwoods, fall, Fremont Cottonwood, leaf, leaves, native, Populus fremontii, tactile, touch, tree, tree trunk, trees, trunk|

Being a tactile person, I appreciated getting close to and touching a cottonwood tree on the bank of the Jordan River on my walk last Sunday.

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Some Recent Butterfly Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-06T03:28:03-05:00September 6th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cabbage White Butterflies, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Woodland Skipper Butterflies|Tags: adult, bloom, blooming, blossom, butterflies, butterfly, Cabbage White, Cabbage White butterfly, canyon, Clouded Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur butterfly, Colias philodice, Common Sunflower, flowering, forest, Helianthus annuus, leaf, leaves, marsh, mountains, native, Ochlodes sylvanoides, Pieris rapae, resting, roadside, skipper, skippers, sulphur, sulphurs, summer, sunflower, sunflowers, wetlands, wildflowers, Woodland Skipper, Woodland Skipper Butterfly, yellow wildflowers|

This morning I wanted to share a few of my recent butterfly images taken in the marsh at Bear River MBR and high up in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Foraging Autumn Bushtits In Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-04T16:14:38-05:00October 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Bushtits, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, branch, break, Bushtit, Bushtits, Celtis reticulata, clinging, desert, fall, female, foraging, leaf, male, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, Psaltriparus minimus, tip, tips, tit, tits, tree, trees|

Seeing and photographing the Bushtits in northern Utah was a gift that I didn't expect yesterday and I am grateful to finally have images of them that I like.

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Weidemeyer’s Admiral Butterflies In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-19T03:33:07-05:00June 22nd, 2020|Categories: Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies, Wildlife|Tags: adult, butterflies, butterfly, canyon, Gambel Oak, gravel road, leaf, leaves, Limenitis weidemeyerii, mountains, puddling, resting, tree, Weidemeyer's Admiral, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterfly|

Last week I was able to photograph Weidemeyer's Admiral butterflies up in the Wasatch Mountains on two consecutive days and the butterflies had me all aflutter.

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Listening for Marsh Wren Songs – Sounds of Early Spring

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-19T14:22:41-05:00February 20th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: adult, cattails, Cistothorus palustris, early winter, leaf, marsh, Marsh Wren, morning, perched, wren, wrens|

I will be listening for the male Marsh Wrens songs at the pond nearby and the marshes at Farmington Bay WMA and Bear River MBR and waiting to see them pop up on top of the cattails, phrags and rushes.

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