Celtis reticulata – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My Solitaire Common Name Change Recommendation

By Mia McPherson|November 20th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Tooele County, Townsend's Solitaires, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, berries, berry, Box Elder County, Celtis reticulata, desert, fall, Fragrant Sumac, hackberries, hackberry, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, leaves, Myadestes townsendi, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, ranchlands, Rhus aromatica, roadside, shrub, sky, snow, snowy, solitaire, solitaires, sumac, thrush, thrushes, Townsend's Solitaire, tree, Utah, Utah Juniper|

In 2024, the common name for Townsend's Solitaire will change, along with many other bird names. My recommendation would be to rename it the Juniper Solitaire.

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Desert Red-tailed Hawk Photos

By Mia McPherson|October 28th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, autumn, Big Sagebrush, birds of prey, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Celtis reticulata, cliff, cliff face, dark morph, desert, dwelling, fall, hackberries, hackberry, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, leaves, lichen, lift off, lifting off, metal post, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, preparing, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, sage, sagebrush, sky, stony eyed, take off, taking off, Utah, young|

While I was up in far northern Utah looking for birds last week, I took quite a few Red-tailed Hawk photos. I shared one image a few days ago and here are a few more.

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Wild Turkey Hen Perched In A Netleaf Hackberry Tree

By Mia McPherson|February 4th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, Celtis reticulata, desert, female, hen, Meleagris gallopavo, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, ranchlands, roost, roosting, shrub, tree, turkey, turkeys, upland terrestrial birds, Wild Turkey, winter|

Last month while up in Box Elder County looking for birds I spotted this Wild Turkey hen perched in a Netleaf Hackberry tree not long before noon.

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What The Changes In The 2021 AOS Supplement Meant For Me

By Mia McPherson|June 26th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Double-crested Cormorants, Neotropic Cormorants, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: 2021 AOS Supplement, adult, autumn, Celtis reticulata, cormorant, cormorants, Corthylio calendula, desert, Double-crested Cormorant, fall, hackberry, kinglet, kinglets, landing, marsh, migration, Nannopterum auritus, Nannopterum brasilianum, Neotropic Cormorant, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, pond, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, shrub, spring, stump, urban, water, wetlands, winter|

The 2021 AOS Supplement did mean that I had a bit of work to do on my site after I read that it had been published on the ABA website last night.

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Western Kingbird Attempting To Take Over A Bullock’s Oriole Nest

By Mia McPherson|June 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Bullock's Orioles, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: adult, behavior, Bullock's Oriole, Celtis reticulata, desert, down, entering, female, Icterus bullockii, interactions, kingbird, kingbirds, nest, nest take over, Netleaf Hackberry, oriole, orioles, spring, Tyrannus verticalis, tyrant flycatchers, Western Kingbird|

At times I see some odd things in the field and two days ago that was what appeared to be a Western Kingbird attempting to take over a Bullock's Oriole nest.

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Foraging Autumn Bushtits In Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|October 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Bushtits, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, branch, break, Bushtit, Bushtits, Celtis reticulata, clinging, desert, fall, female, foraging, leaf, male, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, Psaltriparus minimus, tip, tips, tit, tits, tree, trees|

Seeing and photographing the Bushtits in northern Utah was a gift that I didn't expect yesterday and I am grateful to finally have images of them that I like.

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Calls And Songs Of Townsend’s Solitaires

By Mia McPherson|October 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Summit County, Townsend's Solitaires, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, autumn, calls, canyon, Celtis reticulata, fall, hackberries, hackberry, hearing, immature, juvenile, mountains, Myadestes townsendi, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, solitaire, solitaires, songs, thrush, thrushes, Townsend's Solitaire, Utah, video, videos, young|

I know where in the mountains to find Townsend’s Solitaires by seeing them, hearing them and by knowing their preferred habitat.

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My First of Year Monarch Butterfly Sighting

By Mia McPherson|June 18th, 2020|Categories: Box Elder County, Monarch Butterflies, Shrubs, Trees, Utah|Tags: adult, butterflies, butterfly, Celtis reticulata, Danaus plexippus, desert, male, Monarch Butterfly, Netleaf Hackberry|

I'm always happy to photograph "other things with wings" when I am out in the field so last week when I spotted my first of year Monarch butterfly I had to take a few photos of it.

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Photographing Autumn Townsend’s Solitaires

By Mia McPherson|October 9th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Townsend's Solitaires, Utah|Tags: alert, autumn, blue sky, branch, Celtis reticulata, desert, fall, fall migration, hackberry, lichen, Myadestes townsendi, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, photograph, photographing, rocks, solitaire, solitaires, thrush, thrushes, Townsend's Solitaire, tree|

Last Friday as I looked for birds in a few West Desert canyons I was serenaded by the songs and calls of Townsend's Solitaires and while I loved hearing them it was frustrating because they were either too far away or hidden from my view.

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Autumn Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler

By Mia McPherson|November 13th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Wood-Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: adult, Audubon's, autumn, Celtis reticulata, desert, fall, hackberry, migration, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, road, Setophaga coronata, split, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

I seem to have missed out on seeing lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers this year during their fall migration, I saw a few back in late September and early October but haven't seen any for some time.

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Photographing a Dynasty of Ruby-crowned Kinglets

By Mia McPherson|October 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, bright, Celtis reticulata, colors, Corthylio calendula, crowns, dynasty, fall colors, Fragrant Sumac, hackberry, kinglet, kinglets, lift off, male, Netleaf Hackberry, perched, photograph, photographing, Rhus aromatica, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, sumac, sunny|

Yesterday I saw so many Ruby-crowned Kinglets in northern Utah that it was impossible for me to keep up with them, I am certain I missed some excellent images because of that.

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