Northern Mockingbird – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Green-tailed Towhee In The Uinta Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-09T04:54:57-05:00June 9th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Summit County, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, close up, Green-tailed Towhee, Mimus polyglottos, mountains, Northern Mockingbird, perched, Pipilo chlorurus, portrait, sage, sagebrush, sparrow, sparrows, spring, towhee, towhees|

While photographing Yellow-bellied Marmots in the high Uinta Mountains two days ago a Green-tailed Towhee popped into my view on top of a mound of sage.

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2018 Year In Review For On The Wing Photography

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T12:51:40-05:00December 31st, 2018|Categories: Baltimore Orioles, Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, California Gulls, Cedar Waxwings, Northern Mockingbirds, Peregrine Falcons, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Say's Phoebes, Tundra Swans, Wild Turkeys, Yellow Warblers, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: Baltimore Oriole, Bombycilla cedrorum, Brewer's Blackbird, California Gull, Cedar Waxwing, Cygnus columbianus, Euphagus cyanocephalus, Falco peregrinus, Icterus galbula, Larus californicus, Marmota flaviventris, Meleagris gallopavo, Mimus polyglottos, Northern Mockingbird, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Say's Phoebe, Sayornis saya, Setophaga petechia, Sitta canadensis, Tundra Swan, Wild Turkey, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

All in all, as 2018 comes to a close I realize how fortunate I am to see all the birds that I do throughout the year as a bird photographer, to be able to do what I love and to love my feathered subjects too.

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Cooperative Northern Mockingbird in Autumn

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T12:40:29-05:00October 21st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Northern Mockingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, autumn, colors, cooperative, desert, fall, Fragrant Sumac, leaves, lift off, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, perched, Rhus aromatica, sumac, twig|

Some days one good bird is all I get and if I hadn't spotted this cooperative Mockingbird on a Fragrant Sumac in northern Utah yesterday I would have been mostly skunked.

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Sage Thrashers, Northern Mockingbird, White-crowned Sparrow and Wild Rose Hips

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T13:04:58-05:00September 22nd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Northern Mockingbirds, Sage Thrashers, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: fruit, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, Oreoscoptes montanus, pit, rose hips, Sage Thrasher, sparrow, sparrows, thrasher, thrashers, White-crowned Sparrow, wild rose, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

The birds I photographed on the wild rose bushes were adult and immature Sage Thrashers, an adult White-crowned Sparrow and one beautiful Northern Mockingbird.

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Swainson’s Hawk in Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-31T15:46:19-05:00June 30th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Swainson's Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, attack, birds of prey, boulder, Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, lichen, lift off, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, molt, molting, Northern Mockingbird, perched, raptors, sage, sagebrush, Swainson's Hawk|

I am always happy to photograph Swainson's Hawks no matter where I find them so I was pleased to find this one perched on a lichen covered rock yesterday in Box Elder County, Utah.

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Singing Northern Mockingbird on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T13:08:58-05:00May 25th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Northern Mockingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, calling, desert, Greasewood, island, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, perched, Sacrobatus vermiculatus, singing|

It was nice to photograph this Northern Mockingbird singing in between the clouds and rain yesterday on Antelope Island State Park.

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Northern Mockingbird Flight Display

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-16T11:26:47-06:00May 26th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Northern Mockingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, courtship, desert, flight, flight display, flying, Great Salt Lake, island, jumping, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, parachuting, spring|

I have seen and heard more Northern Mockingbirds this year on Antelope Island State Park than any previous year since I moved to Utah.

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A Northern Mockingbird’s Repertoire

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T13:15:17-05:00May 2nd, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Northern Mockingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, calling, Davis County, desert, Greasewood, island, mimic, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, Sacrobatus vermiculatus, singing, spring, vocalizations|

When I lived in Florida I saw Northern Mockingbirds all the time but they are not so common here in Utah and typically I only see a pair or two during the whole breeding season.

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Birds of Antelope Island – A Mix of Feathered Friends

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T13:26:17-05:00June 28th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Brine Flies, Chukars, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Northern Mockingbirds, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: Alectoris chukar, birds, brine fly, chick, Chondestes grammacus, Chukar, chukars, desert island, immature, Lark Sparrow, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, oolitic sand, Oreoscoptes montanus, Sage Thrasher, sparrow, sparrows, summer, thrasher, thrashers|

Yesterday I photographed a mixture of the birds of Antelope Island State Park and had great fun while doing it.

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Friday Photos – Northern Mockingbird

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T13:30:39-05:00July 15th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Northern Mockingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, biting gnats, defensive, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, nest, Northern Mockingbird, perching bird, sage, sagebrush, ticked off|

A Loggerhead Shrike flew into a sagebrush and right after that I could hear a bird that sounded upset. The upset bird was this Northern Mockingbird.

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