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Photographing Nesting Williamson’s Sapsuckers

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, alpine forest, aspen, challenges, characteristics, fecal sac, female, flight, flying, forest, male, mountains, nest cavity, nest hole, nest tree, nesting cavity, nesting season, nesting tree, ornithological history, photographing, sapsucker, sapsuckers, sawdust, sexually dimorphic, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

For one and a half wonderful nesting seasons I was thrilled to photograph a pair of mated Williamson's Sapsuckers excavating a nest and tending to their young.

Great Blue Herons In Heavy Fog At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|January 28th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, challenges, fog, foggy, Great Blue Heron, heavy fog, heron, herons, ice, landing, marsh, skills, snow, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

These foggy Great Blue Heron photos are probably the foggiest images in my portfolio and despite that I truly like how they turned out.