tilted head – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Yellow Warbler Photographed In A Smoky Haze

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-27T06:04:21-05:00July 27th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: branch, canyon, female/immature, hazy, hop, hopped, lichen, lichen encrusted, mountains, moving, riparian habitat, Setophaga petechia, smoky, summer, Summit County, tilted head, Utah, warbler, warblers, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warbler|

Yesterday morning the second bird I photographed was a Yellow Warbler on an old branch in a smoky haze high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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An Adult Male And Immature Western Tanager

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-29T05:32:47-05:00August 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Tanagers|Tags: adult, canyon, gape, immature, inset, juvenile, male, mountains, perched, Piranga ludoviciana, summer, tanager, tanagers, tilted head, Western Tanager, willows, young|

It was fun to have the male and immature Western Tanager in my viewfinder for a few moments high in the Wasatch Mountains last week. I hope I see more soon.

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Yellow Warbler Perched and Foraging in a Mystery Flowering, Thorny Tree

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-08T18:19:19-05:00May 16th, 2018|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, Crataegus rivularis, flowering tree, foraging, hawthorn, male, perched, River Hawthorn, Setophaga petechia, thorns, tilted head, tree, warbler, warblers, white flowers, Yellow Warbler|

When I had the opportunity to photograph a Yellow Warbler foraging in a flowering tree I jumped at the chance. Right after I took this photo the warbler snatched a tiny insect from the flowers but I couldn't make out what it was.

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Cassin’s Finch with His Head Tilted

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-12T15:03:17-06:00July 21st, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Cassin's Finches, Centennial Valley, Montana|Tags: adult, Cassin's Finch, fence post, finch, finches, Haemorhous cassinii, male, perched, tilted head, valley, wooden post|

I didn't have the good fortune to photograph another Cassin's Finch on my trip so I am glad I took the time to take photos of this one looking around his home in the Centennial Valley of Montana.

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Without Science You Would Not See This Short-eared Owl Photo

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-19T03:13:03-06:00January 25th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, chick, engineers, fledgling, immature, juvenile, owl, owls, sagebrush steppe, science, scientists, Short-eared Owl, supporting science, tilted head, yellow eyes, young|

Without science you would not see this Short-eared Owl chick photo. You are here viewing it through a device using an internet connection to connect to a page housed on a server.

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Short-eared Owl Fledgling Parallaxing

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-04T14:03:22-05:00June 14th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: absolute depth information, Asio flammeus, birds of prey, chick, fledgling, grass, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, parallaxing, Short-eared Owl, tilted head, tumbleweed|

This Short-eared Owl fledgling spent a lot of time looking at the vehicle on the far side of the road parallaxing with its head tilted or bobbing up and down.

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