caterpillar – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Black-eyed Susan Photos With Insects

By Mia McPherson|June 14th, 2024|Categories: Black-eyed Susans, Johnston County, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Andrena rudbeckiae, bee, bees, Black-eyed Susan, bloom, blooming, blossom, bottomlands, caterpillar, Coneflower MIning Bee, field, flower, flowering, insect, nectaring, riny, roadside, Rudbeckia hirta, spring, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

When I traveled to Tishomingo recently, I spent some time taking photos of Black-eyed Susans. In the process, I also found insects eating or nectaring on them.

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Mama Eastern Bluebird Is No More

By Mia McPherson|April 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Arkansas, bill, bluebird, bluebirds, branches, caterpillar, chicks, close up, Eastern Bluebird, female, food, leaves, male, mated, mates, nest box, oak, oak tree, pair, perched, portait, portrait, prey, Sebastian County, Sialia sialis, spider, spring, thrush, thrushes, tree, up close, urban, yard|

Steve and I have some sad news today: the mama Eastern Bluebird at Steve's nest box is no more. The last time we saw her at the nest box was Sunday evening.

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Male Eastern Bluebird Close Up Photos With Food For His Chicks

By Mia McPherson|April 17th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, caterpillar, chicks, close up, cricket, Eastern Bluebird, food, garden, male, portrait, prey, Sialia sialis, spider, spring, thrush, thrushs, urban, yard|

Today, I am sharing portraits of a male Eastern Bluebird that were taken in my friend Steve Creek's yard. The male bluebird was bringing food in to his chicks.

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Female Mountain Bluebird With Prey

By Mia McPherson|May 31st, 2020|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, caterpillar, female, fence post, grasses, lake, meadow, Mountain Bluebird, perched, pond, prey, Sialia currucoides, thrush, thrushes, valley, water, wooden post, young|

As I went through the images I took four years ago this photo of a female Mountain Bluebird perched on an old fence post with prey for her young in her bill stood out to me.

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Dusky Flycatcher In Morgan County, Utah

By Mia McPherson|August 25th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Dusky Flycatchers, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: canyon, caterpillar, Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri, Empids, flycatcher, flycatchers, immature, mountains, perched, summer, young|

I am glad I didn't rush to report a Least Flycatcher along with the Baltimore Oriole when this little empid is actually a Dusky Flycatcher and a photographic lifer for me.

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Targhee National Forest Red-naped Sapsucker Feeding Young

By Mia McPherson|July 12th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, caterpillar, chicks, exposure issues, feeding, forest, landing, Montana, mountains, national forest land, nesting behavior, nesting cavity, nesting tree, prey, public land, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

Jackpot and frustrations... I'll explain the jackpot first and get to the frustrations later about the Targhee National Forest Red-naped Sapsucker feeding its young.

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Western Meadowlarks Are Very Active Right Now – They Know Spring Has Arrived

By Mia McPherson|March 15th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, bison manure, caterpillar, closeup, desert island, meadowlark, meadowlarks, perched, sign, spring, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

Western Meadowlarks are very active right now on the island, searching for insects, scurrying through the grasses and singing their hearts out from their favorite perches.

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