montane forest – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco High In The Uinta Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, High Uintas, Mirror Lake Highway, Summit County, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: conifer, Dark-eyed Junco, forest, immature, junco, Junco hyemalis, juncos, juvenile, montane forest, mountains, perched, sparrows, summer, young|

I was in the high Uinta Mountains near Washington Lake when I spotted this young Dark-eyed Junco and I was able to take a few images of it before it flew away.

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Aspen Eyes – Where Trees Appear To Gaze At The World Around Them

By Mia McPherson|June 17th, 2018|Categories: Clark County, Idaho, Summit County, Targhee National Forest, Trees, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: aspen, aspen eyes, aspens, branches, eyes, forest, montane forest, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspens, self pruning, tree, trees|

I love seeing the Aspen eyes of the forest upon me and I find myself happy to photograph them whenever I can.

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Jackpot! Lifer Northern Pygmy-Owl with Prey

By Mia McPherson|July 14th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Mountains, Montana, Northern Pygmy-Owls|Tags: birds of prey, branches, forest, Glaucidium gnoma, lifer, montane forest, Northern Pygmy-Owl, owl, owls, Owls of Montana, perched, prey, rodent, trees|

I went looking for a mammal species yesterday and dipped on them but hit the jackpot by getting a lifer bird, a Northern Pygmy-Owl and it had prey!

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Red-breasted Nuthatch in the Targhee National Forest, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|May 8th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, branch, cavity nesters, montane forest, nesting cavity, nuthatch, nuthatches, perched, Red-breasted Nuthatch, resin, Sitta canadensis|

I'm posting just a simple Red-breasted Nuthatch image today that I photographed earlier this week in the Targhee National Forest in eastern Idaho.

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