wooded – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Adult and Immature Tufted Titmouse Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-27T04:54:08-06:00December 27th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, Baeolophus bicolor, branch, feeder, immature, morning light, perched, spring, summer, titmice, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, urban, wooded, yard, young|

This year, I was thrilled to photograph Tufted Titmouse in my friend Steve Creek's very birdy and extremely wonderful Arkansas yard.

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Adult Tufted Titmouse Attitude

By Mia McPherson|2023-06-29T12:03:00-05:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, attitude, Baeolophus bicolor, branch, defensive behavior, perched, spring, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, wooded, yard|

I liked how this image showed great Tufted Titmouse attitude. As small as this species is, they aren't afraid to get in the faces of much larger birds.

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Tufted Titmouse In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-17T14:54:05-05:00June 9th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, Arkansas, Baeolophus bicolor, branch, perched, Sebastian County, spring, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, wooded, yard|

I'm visiting my friend and fellow photographer, Steve Creek, in Arkansas where I took images of this Tufted Titmouse at his bird feeder.

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Will There Be Snow Here On Christmas Day?

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-13T18:17:26-06:00December 22nd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, area, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, feeding, foraging, geese, goose, snow, urban, waterfowl, winter, wooded|

Looking at the extended forecast I see indications that it might snow here on Christmas Day.

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The Magical Sapsucker Tree in Clark County, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-25T05:57:30-05:00July 4th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest, Tree Swallows, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, branches, cavity, chattering, fecal sacs, female, food, forest, House Wren, male, nest, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nestlings, pair, Populus tremuloides, prey, Quaking Aspen, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, secondary cavity nesters, Sphyrapicus, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, tree, Tree Swallow, Troglodytes aedon, Williamson's Sapsucker, wooded, woodpecker, woodpeckers, wren, wrens|

A month ago I photographed a pair of Williamson's Sapsuckers excavating a nesting cavity in Idaho and this past week I spent several days photographing them again.

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Juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker in Summit County

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-11T07:26:08-05:00February 10th, 2014|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: camping, forest, immature, juvenile, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, wooded, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

The bad weather here has given me cabin fever so last night I looked through my archives and enjoyed some images from brighter, warmer days and came across this juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker image from my first camping trip to Utah's high Uintas in Summit County.

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