Thermopsis montana – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Some Birds And Blooms From The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-17T03:23:39-05:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Gray Catbirds, Mallards, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Red-tailed Hawks, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, Anas platyrhynchos, babies, bathing, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, catbirds, Chokecherry, creek, ducklings, ducks, Dumetella carolinensis, feathers, feed, finches, flowering, gold finches, grasses, Gray Catbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, Mallard, Melospiza melodia, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountains, native, Prunus virginiana, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, Setophaga petechia, singing, Song Sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Thermopsis montana, tree, warbler, warblers, Western Chokecherry, wet, willows, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

This morning I wanted to share some photos of the birds and blooms that I took images of one morning last week while I was high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Great Blue Heron and Mountain Goldenbanner

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-02T04:50:47-05:00June 2nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Morgan County, Small in the frame, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, blooming, blooms, canyon, Filamentous algae, flowering, grasses, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountain meadow, Mountain Thermopsis, mountains, pond, spring, Thermopsis montana, wading birds, water, wildflowers, willows, yellow wildflowers|

Yesterday I wrote about a Golden Eagle in the Wasatch Mountains. Today I am writing about "golden" again. Blooming Mountain Goldenbanner and a Great Blue Heron.

Mountain Goldenbanner In The Wasatch Mountains – Yellow Wildflowers

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-24T03:39:04-05:00June 7th, 2018|Categories: Morgan County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: alpine, bloom, blooming, Buckbean, close up, creek, False Lupine, flowering, Golden pea, montane, Montane golden-banner, Mountain Goldenbanner, Mountain Goldenpea, Mountain Thermopsis, pea family, riparian, Thermopsis montana, wildflowers, yellow wildflower|

Three days ago there was some Mountain Goldenbanner blooming next to a creek in the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains and I simply had to take some photos of these bright yellow wildflowers.