changing seasons – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Red-winged Blackbird Flock Video Clip From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|November 26th, 2024|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Oklahoma, Red-winged Blackbirds, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Utah, Video|Tags: adult, Agelaius phoeniceus, blackbird, blackbirds, changing seasons, displaying, flock, flocking, flocks, male, marsh, mating season, murmurations, Red-winged Blackbird, video, winter|

I meant to share this Red-winged Blackbird video clip earlier, but I hadn’t gotten around to merging the two videos and processing them until last night.

Male Red-winged Blackbirds Are Singing

By Mia McPherson|February 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, Agelaius phoeniceus, blackbird, blackbirds, changing seasons, displaying, drought, male, marsh, mating season, Red-winged Blackbird, seaons, snow, spring, winter|

I drove to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning where I heard male Red-winged Blackbirds singing in the marsh.

Fall Colors In The Wasatch Mountains Plus A Male Dusky Grouse

By Mia McPherson|September 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Trees, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: aspens, autumn, autumn colors, Bountiful Peak, changing seasons, conifers, Dendragapus obscurus, Dusky Grouse, fall, fall colors, Francis Peak, Gambel Oak, grouse, male, mountains, oaks, Quaking Aspen, road, upland terrestrial birds|

This morning is cloudy and gray but seven years ago today it was bright, the air was crisp and the fall colors of the Front Range of the Wasatch Mountains were in their full glory.