Gravelly Range – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Black Butte of the Gravelly Range, Montana

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana|Tags: alpine meadow, basins, Black Butte, elevation 10542 feet, forests, Gravelly Range Road, meadows, rock formations, tarns, volcanic cone|

The highest peak of the Gravelly Range is Black Butte, an ancient volcanic cone, at an elevation of 10,542 feet.

Juvenile Mountain Bluebird on the way to Gravelly Range

By Mia McPherson|July 17th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds|Tags: bluebird, bluebirds, gravel road, immature, juvenile, Montana sky, Mountain Bluebird, perched, road, scenery, Sialia currucoides, young|

I was also delighted to photograph this juvenile Mountain Bluebird on the way to Gravelly Range early in the morning.

Montana is beckoning to me…

By Mia McPherson|May 7th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Birds, Cliff Lake, Eastern Kingbirds, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Gravelly Range, Great Horned Owls, Madison County, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Pronghorn, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-tailed Hawks, Short-eared Owls, Swainson's Hawks, Tree Swallows, Wilson's Snipes|Tags: Antilocapra americana, Asio flammeus, Bubo virginianus, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo swainsoni, Cliff Lake, Eastern Kingbird, Gallinago delicata, Great Horned Owl, homestead, immature, juvenile, Madison Range, Madison River, Mountain Bluebird, Pronghorn, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Sialia currucoides, Swainson's Hawk, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow, Tyrannus tyrannus, Wilson's Snipe|

Seeing the word "Montana" so often has gotten me anxious, antsy and itching to head north soon to see more of a state that beckons to me because I have fallen in love with it.