Utah Serviceberry – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue Elderberry, Box Elder County, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflowers, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, East Canyon, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Gray’s Biscuitroot, Hound’s Tongue, Lewis’s Flax, Longleaf Phlox, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, White Water Crowfoot, Wood's Rose|Tags: Aster, Beardtongue, blooming, blooms, Blue Elderberry, Blue Flax, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflower, Curlycup Gumweed, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, flowers, Gray's Biscuitroot, Houndstongue, Lewis's flax, Longleaf Phlox, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Penstemon, Prickly Poppy, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geranium, Utah Serviceberry, Western Chokecherry, White Water-crowfoot, wildflower, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. Birds are my primary subjects yet I simply can't resist focusing on wildflowers.

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Least Chipmunk And Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|August 12th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, breakfast, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, chowing down, close up, eating, face, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, funny, Least Chipmunk, leaves, mountains, ripe, serviceberries, serviceberry, squirrel, squirrels, staring, stretching, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

Warning: More cute Least Chipmunk photos ahead plus serviceberries high in the Wasatch Mountain Range. I just can't resist them and I don't want to.

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Immature Bullock’s Oriole Photos From The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 11th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Morgan County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, branch, Bullock's Oriole, canyon, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, hawthorn, Icterus bullockii, immature, mountains, oriole, orioles, perched, serviceberries, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, young|

My last stop yesterday up in the Wasatch Mountains gave me great views and photos of this immature Bullock's Oriole perched in a serviceberry shrub.

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Young Lazuli Bunting In A Serviceberry

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, bunting, buntings, canyon, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, immature, juvenile, Lazuli Bunting, leaves, mountains, Passerina amoena, peeking, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, young|

I escaped into the coolness of the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning for a few hours. While I was there I photographed this young Lazuli Bunting.

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Cedar Waxwing Photos And Serviceberries Are Setting Fruit

By Mia McPherson|June 16th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, flowering shrub, flowering tree, fruiting shrub, fruiting tree, mountains, perched, serviceberry, spring, staring, Utah Serviceberry, waxwing, waxwings|

Yesterday morning one of the birds I photographed was a stunning adult Cedar Waxwing perched on a serviceberry that has started to develop fruit.

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Some Birds And Blooms From The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 13th, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Gray Catbirds, Mallards, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Red-tailed Hawks, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, Anas platyrhynchos, babies, bathing, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, catbirds, Chokecherry, creek, ducklings, ducks, Dumetella carolinensis, feathers, feed, finches, flowering, gold finches, grasses, Gray Catbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, Mallard, Melospiza melodia, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountains, native, Prunus virginiana, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, Setophaga petechia, singing, Song Sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Thermopsis montana, tree, warbler, warblers, Western Chokecherry, wet, willows, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

This morning I wanted to share some photos of the birds and blooms that I took images of one morning last week while I was high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly With Serviceberry Blossoms

By Mia McPherson|June 12th, 2022|Categories: Shrubs, Summit County, Two-tailed Swallowtails, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, blooming, blooms, blossoms, butterflies, butterfly, canyon, close up, flowering, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, mountains, Papilio multicaudata, serviceberry, shrub, spring, Summit County, swallowtail, swallowtails, Two-tailed Swallowtail, Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|

Late last week I stopped my Jeep in the Wasatch Mountains because I spotted a Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly resting on a blooming serviceberry shrub.

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