chowing down – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Fox Squirrel Eating Acorns

By Mia McPherson|August 3rd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fox Squirrels, Sebastian County|Tags: acorn, acorns, adult, chowing down, eating, Fox Squirrel, garden, male, mammals, nibbling, oak tree, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, summer, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, urban, yard|

Because of cloudy then scorching hot weather, I didn't get out to photograph yesterday morning. But the day before, I focused on a Fox Squirrel eating acorns.

Least Chipmunk And Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|August 12th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, breakfast, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, chowing down, close up, eating, face, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, funny, Least Chipmunk, leaves, mountains, ripe, serviceberries, serviceberry, squirrel, squirrels, staring, stretching, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

Warning: More cute Least Chipmunk photos ahead plus serviceberries high in the Wasatch Mountain Range. I just can't resist them and I don't want to.

Uinta Ground Squirrels Eating Earthworms

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2020|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: break, canyon, chewing, chowing down, devouring, earthworm, earthworms, eating, grasses, ground, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, meal, mountains, mouth, mud, muddy, munching, nibbling, rain, spring, squirrel, squirrels, stuffing, tongue, tugging, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, wet, worm, worms, wrestling|

Two days ago I photographed something I had never seen or documented when I stopped to take photos of a Uinta Ground Squirrel and it started eating a big, fat earthworm.