stand – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Adult Cedar Waxwing Resting In A Stand Of Hawthorns

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-30T16:04:12-05:00August 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Bombycilla cedrorum, branch, Cedar Waxwing, Crataegus rivularis, hawthorn, hawthorns, leaves, perched, River Hawthorn, stand, summer, thorn, thorns, waxwing, waxwings|

Stopping to eat my muffins at this location was a great idea because this week on three trips to this spot I've photographed more than just Cedar Waxwings at this location.

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Spring Gathering Of Tree Swallows At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-25T07:24:34-05:00April 9th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: adult, flock, gathering, marsh, phragmites, spring, squabbling, stand, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow|

Tree Swallows were the most numerous of the swallows I saw and at the far northwest part of the auto tour route I found bunches of them resting in a stand of phragmites so I decided to get out, set up my tripod and photograph them from across the water.

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Gray Catbird, Willows and Sunshine

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-27T07:39:21-05:00July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, canyon, catbird, catbirds, Dumetella carolinensis, Gray Catbird, mimids, mountans, rufous, stand, summer, sunshine, thicket, willows|

I have truly been enjoying being able to photograph Gray Catbirds this spring and summer because they are challenging to get out in the open, because I think they are dashing in appearance and their songs always delight me.

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Return of the Tree Swallows

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-25T06:12:04-05:00March 25th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding season, bug eating machines, first of year, flight, flock, flying, male, marsh, migration, nest box, nesting box, phragmites, phrags, refuge, return, spring, stand, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow|

Not only are Tree Swallows colorful and beautiful they are bug-zapping machines and keep the number of flying insects down.

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