wild roses

I’m Just Mad About Sparrows

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-07T09:34:15-06:00September 8th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Brewer's Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, Utah, Vesper Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: adult, branches, Brewer's Sparrow, desert, Fragrant Sumac, immature, juvenile, Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, Passerculus sandwichensis, Poocetes gramineus, Rhus aromatica, rose hips, roses, Savannah Sparrow, sky, smoky, sparrow, sparrows, Spizella breweri, sumac, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, wild roses, young, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

I had a great time photographing all of the sparrow species I saw two days ago and I could have stayed with them all morning long. I might do just that later this week.

Wild Roses in Bloom in Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-06T04:38:05-05:00July 1st, 2019|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, introduced, native, naturalized, pink wildflowers, Rosa woodsii, rose, rose bush, roses, wild rose, wild roses, wildflowers, Wood’s Roses|

The wild roses, like many of the other wildflowers, don't bloom for long so I am happy that I took the time to photograph individual blossoms and the top of one of the rose bushes this year