Baltimore Oriole

2018 Year In Review For On The Wing Photography

By Mia McPherson|December 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.

My Rare Baltimore Oriole Sighting In Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|August 24th, 2018|Categories: Baltimore Orioles, Birds, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Rarities, Utah|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, mountains, oriole, orioles, rare, rarity, sighting, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

I didn't go up into the Wasatch Mountains yesterday thinking I would find a rare bird but that is precisely what happened after I spotted a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole fly into a serviceberry bush in Morgan County.