Kamas Valley – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Kamas Valley Killdeer

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Kamas Valley, Killdeer, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, Charadrius vociferus, clover, cow poop, crap, grass, grasses, Killdeer, killdeers, manure, mountain valley, pasture, pink clover, pink clovers, plover, plovers, ranchlands, shorebirds, summer, valley, wet meadow|

Last week, in the Kamas Valley in Summit County, Utah I was pleased to take Killdeer photos in a wet meadow with pink clovers and piles of cow manure.

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Kamas Valley Western Meadowlark With A Grasshopper

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2023|Categories: Birds, Kamas Valley, Summit County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, fencepost, grasshopper, meadowlark, meadowlarks, molt, pasture, ranchlands, scruffy, Sturnella neglecta, summer, valley, Western Meadowlark, wet meadow|

The first bird I photographed last week from the side of the road in the Kamas Valley was this scruffy Western Meadowlark with a grasshopper.

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Least Sandpiper In Kamas Valley

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2023|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Kamas Valley, Least Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: Calidris minutilla, grass, grasses, identification, Least Sandpiper, manure, migrating, migration, pasture, peeps, ranchlands, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, summer, wet meadow|

The most surprising and wonderful bird I saw and photographed on Thursday with my friend, April Olson, was a migrating Least Sandpiper in the Kamas Valley.

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Kamas Valley Sandhill Crane Photos

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Kamas Valley, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, crane, cranes, field, foraging, Gateway to the Uintas, grass, grasses, grassy, mottled, pasture, pre-migration, ranchlands, Sandhill Crane, summer|

Yesterday, on the way to the Uinta Mountains, April Olson and I looked for birds in the Kamas Valley. That's where I took these Sandhill Crane photos.

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