Utah Serviceberry – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Least Chipmunk Eating Utah Serviceberry Berries

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-13T14:01:56-05:00July 28th, 2018|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Shrubs, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, berry, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, Chippies, eating, forest, fruit, Least Chipmunk, mountain, mountains, Neotamias minimus, shrub, Utah Serviceberry|

I'm always happy to photograph the other things I see while I am out photographing birds and that includes cute critters like this Least Chipmunk nibbling on the fruits of the Utah Serviceberry shrub.

Focusing On Photographing Juvenile Mountain Bluebirds

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-29T06:52:09-05:00June 20th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Mountain Bluebirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, bluebird, bluebirds, bush, canyon, focusing, juvenile, male, Mountain Bluebird, mountains, photograph, photographing, Sialia currucoides, Utah Serviceberry|

Luck was on my side when I found the family of Mountain Bluebirds in good light plus they were close enough to take quality photos of them, first the male then the female and the juveniles.

Green-tailed Towhee Perched On A Blooming Utah Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-30T07:42:53-05:00May 31st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Shrubs, Utah|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, blooming, branches, canyon, flowering shrub, flowering tree, forest, Green-tailed Towhee, leaves, mountains, Pipilo chlorurus, shrub, sparrow, sparrows, towhee, towhees, Utah Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry, white flowers|

I spent some time up in the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains yesterday photographing the birds I found including this handsome Green-tailed Towhee perched on a blooming Utah Serviceberry.