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Molting Northern House Wren

By Mia McPherson|August 24th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Morgan County, Northern House Wrens, Targhee National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, aspen, branch, canyon, cavity, feathers, forest, molt, molting, mountains, nest, nest cavity, Northern House Wren, perched, thicket, tree, Troglodytes aedon, twigs, willow, wren, wrens|

About two weeks ago I photographed a molting Northern House Wren high in the Wasatch Mountains as it perched near a willow thicket.

Photographing Nesting Williamson’s Sapsuckers

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, alpine forest, aspen, challenges, characteristics, fecal sac, female, flight, flying, forest, male, mountains, nest cavity, nest hole, nest tree, nesting cavity, nesting season, nesting tree, ornithological history, photographing, sapsucker, sapsuckers, sawdust, sexually dimorphic, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

For one and a half wonderful nesting seasons I was thrilled to photograph a pair of mated Williamson's Sapsuckers excavating a nest and tending to their young.