Roundleaf Snowberry – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-29T04:11:01-06:00December 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue Elderberry, Box Elder County, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflowers, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, East Canyon, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Gray’s Biscuitroot, Hound’s Tongue, Lewis’s Flax, Longleaf Phlox, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, White Water Crowfoot, Wood's Rose|Tags: Aster, Beardtongue, blooming, blooms, Blue Elderberry, Blue Flax, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflower, Curlycup Gumweed, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, flowers, Gray's Biscuitroot, Houndstongue, Lewis's flax, Longleaf Phlox, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Penstemon, Prickly Poppy, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geranium, Utah Serviceberry, Western Chokecherry, White Water-crowfoot, wildflower, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. Birds are my primary subjects yet I simply can't resist focusing on wildflowers.

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Roundleaf Snowberry In Bloom

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-26T05:21:09-05:00June 26th, 2022|Categories: Roundleaf Snowberry, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: bloom, blooming, bloosoms, canyon, flowering, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, mountains, native, Roundleaf Snowberry, shrub, snowberries, Snowberry, summer, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius|

Last week I was excited to see the the Roundleaf Snowberry shrubs high in the Wasatch Mountains had started to go into bloom.

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Roundleaf Snowberry Berries

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-16T06:26:27-05:00August 16th, 2021|Categories: Morgan County, Shrubs, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: berries, berry, bloom, blooming, canyon, drupes, flowering shrub, Mountain Snowberry, mountains, pink wildflowers, ripening, Roundleaf Snowberry, shrub, snowberries, Snowberry, spider webs, spring, summer, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Utah, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Last week while I was up in the Wasatch Mountains I had the opportunity to take photos of Roundleaf Snowberry berries in between photographing birds.

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Adult MacGillivray’s Warblers With Food For Their Chicks

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-15T09:36:42-05:00July 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, MacGillivray's Warblers, Morgan County, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, breeding season, canyon, chicks, currant, currants, feeding young, female, food, Geothlypis tolmiei, Golden Currant, insects, MacGillivray's Warbler, male, mountains, nesting season, prey, rearing young, Ribes aureum, Roundleaf Snowberry, Snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, young|

My best opportunities photographing the adult MacGillivray's Warblers with food for their young yesterday happened when the female popped into view with prey in her bill.

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Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird At A Blooming Snowberry

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-11T14:44:13-05:00June 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, bell-shaped, blooming, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, bush, canyon, female, flowers, hummingbird, hummingbirds, mountains, nectaring, pale pink, Roundleaf Snowberry, Selasphorus platycercus, Snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, wildflowers|

Female Broad-tailed Hummingbirds do all the nest building, incubating, feeding and rearing of their young while they are here during their breeding season.

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Soaking Wet MacGillivray’s Warbler After Leaf-bathing

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-15T09:40:15-05:00June 11th, 2020|Categories: Birds, MacGillivray's Warblers, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch County|Tags: adult, after bathing, bath, canyon, dew, female, Geothlypis tolmiei, leaf-bathing, MacGillivray's Warbler, mountains, Roundleaf Snowberry, Snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, warbler, warblers, wet, wood-warbler|

Yesterday I was allowed a peek into the leaf-bathing behavior of this MacGillivray's Warbler I photographed high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Photographing Gray Catbird Interactions In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-23T14:58:46-05:00June 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, agitated, Amelanchier utahensis, back view, barbed wire, bush, calling, canyon, catbird, catbirds, close up, curious, Dumetella carolinensis, excited, falling, fence, fence post, fluttering, foot, Gray Catbird, interacting, jumped, kicking, lichen, look, mimids, mountains, portrait, riparian zone, Roundleaf Snowberry, rufous undertail coverts, shelter, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Utah Serviceberry, wings, wooden post|

This morning I'm grateful that I spotted a single Gray Catbird pop up on top of a snowberry bush yesterday morning because if I hadn't none of the following photos would have been possible.

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Least Chipmunk Chowing Down On Flower Blossoms

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-04T05:17:07-05:00July 6th, 2019|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, blossoms, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, eating, flower blossoms, flowers, grabbing, Least Chipmunk, mountains, munching, Neotamias minimus, Roundleaf Snowberry, Snowberry, squirrels, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius|

I don't get to see Least Chipmunks year round here in northern Utah so I try to photograph them each time see them because they are such charming subjects. This one sure charmed me.

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