Mercur Canyon – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Juniper Titmouse Photos In Utah

By Mia McPherson|December 13th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Juniper Titmouses, Mercur Canyon, Simpson Springs, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, Baeolophus ridgwayi, close up, desert, fall, foothills, juniper, Juniper Titmouse, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, perched, portrait, sky island mountains, small in frame, titmice, titmouse, tree, trees, Utah Juniper|

Even though I have taken Juniper Titmouse images, this titmouse species is still a bit of a nemesis bird for me. I just don't see them as much as I would like.

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Revisiting The Mercur Canyon Rock Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|March 8th, 2017|Categories: Mercur Canyon, Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, alert, boulder, lichen, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rock Squirrel, rocks, rocky slope, squirrel, squirrels, sunning|

While up in Mercur Canyon I caught a flash of browns and grays on top of a rock and realized I was seeing the Rock Squirrel I photographed on the same slope last month.

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Mercur Canyon Rock Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|February 14th, 2017|Categories: Mercur Canyon, Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: canyon, Ephedra, ground squirrels, Mormon Tea, Oquirrh Mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rock Squirrel, rocks, squirrels, west desert canyons|

I didn't have much luck at all with birds yesterday in the west desert canyons but I did spot and photograph a Rock Squirrel in Mercur Canyon.

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Mercur Canyon Mountain Bluebird

By Mia McPherson|January 8th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Mercur Canyon, Mountain Bluebirds, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, bluebird, bluebirds, canyon, juniper, male, Mountain Bluebird, mountains, perched, Sialia currucoides, thrush, thrushes|

Yesterday while looking for birds to photograph I was enchanted by this Mercur Canyon Mountain Bluebird male while in Tooele County, Utah.

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