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Female Yellow Warbler Foraging In A Hawthorn Tree

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: bill, branches, budding, canyon, Crataegus rivularis, female, first of season, foraging, hawthorn, leafing out, leaves, mountains, perched, prey, River Hawthorn, Setophaga petechia, sideways, spring, tree, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, Yellow Warbler|

Eight days ago I photographed my first male Yellow Warbler of the year and two days ago I had some luck with my first females of the season.

Finding Wild Turkey Hens Roosting In Aspens

By Mia McPherson|April 18th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, aspen, budding, canyon, female, forest, hen, Meleagris gallopavo, morning, mountains, muscle memory, pushed off, roost, roosting, spring, tree, turkey, turkeys, Wild Turkey|

I got out into the field for a little while yesterday morning and because of the observation skills I have developed over many years I was able to find two Wild Turkey hens roosting in Aspen trees.