Platanus occidentalis – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Blue Heron In A Sycamore: From A Distance

By Mia McPherson|September 17th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Sycamore, Ardea herodias, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, leaves, Platanus occidentalis, Sally Jones Lake, summer, sycamore, tree, wading birds|

Today I’m sharing a photo of a Great Blue Heron perched in a sycamore over Sally Jones Lake at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

My Mom Would Have Been 92 Today

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Cottonwood, Miscellaneous, Oklahoma, Red-shouldered Hawks, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Sycamore, babies, birds of prey, bottomland hardwood forests, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, chicks, Cottonwood, Eastern Cottonwood, forest, hawk, hawks, heart, heart shape, immature, juvenile, leaves, light, native, natural, nest, nestling, Platanus occidentalis, Populus deltoides, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, shadow, spotlight, spring, sycamore, tree, tree trunk, trunk, young|

My mom would have been 92 today. I miss her terribly, but she is with me in so many ways. She was also with me when I went to Tishomingo NWR last Saturday.

Sycamore Bark Close Up

By Mia McPherson|December 5th, 2022|Categories: American Sycamore, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Sycamore, Australia, autumn, bark, close up, deciduous tree, eucalyptus trees, fall, gum trees, Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track, Platanus occidentalis, sycamore, termite mound, tree, tree trunk, trees, trunk|

Yesterday afternoon, after I walked around my local pond and the Jordan River Parkway Trail, I stopped to take close up photos of the bark on my neighbor's American Sycamore tree.