thrushes – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Mercur Canyon Mountain Bluebird

By Mia McPherson|January 8th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Mercur Canyon, Mountain Bluebirds, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, bluebird, bluebirds, canyon, juniper, male, Mountain Bluebird, mountains, perched, Sialia currucoides, thrush, thrushes|

Yesterday while looking for birds to photograph I was enchanted by this Mercur Canyon Mountain Bluebird male while in Tooele County, Utah.

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Mountain Bluebird female – Hopping into Monday

By Mia McPherson|July 7th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, female, fence post, hopping, leaping, lift off, lifting off, Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides, summer, take off, taking off, thrushes, valley, wooden post|

Some times when I am photographing I capture my subjects in funny poses and I think I did exactly that with this Mountain Bluebird female.

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Mountain Bluebird Tribute to Fathers

By Mia McPherson|June 16th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Fremont County, Idaho, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, cavity nesters, fence post, male, Mountain Bluebird, photography, prey, Sialia currucoides, spring, thrush, thrushes, valley, wind, wooden post|

Yesterday my post focused on female Mountain Bluebirds and today I am presenting males in honor of Father's Day. I was blessed to have two fathers, one who died when I was very young and later in my second Dad came into my life.

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Mountain Bluebird Male

By Mia McPherson|March 21st, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, fence post, male, migration, Mountain Bluebird, north, perched, Sialia currucoides, thrush, thrushes, valley, wooden post|

How blue can blue be? I think Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoide) males are a wonderful example of just how blue a bird can be.

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American Robin juvenile

By Mia McPherson|March 7th, 2011|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Robin, immature, juvenile, perched, robin, robins, summer., thrush, thrushes, Turdus migratorius, urban, yard, young|

American Robin juvenile photographed in my backyard in Utah as it perched above the grass. Robins are the largest and most abundant North American thrushes.

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