Cirsium arvense

Female Yellow Warbler Working On Her Nest

By Mia McPherson|June 1st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, Canada Thistle, canyon, Cirsium arvense, down, female, Lettuce from hell thistle, mountains, nest, nesting, nesting materials, riparian habitat, Setophaga petechia, spring, thistle, warbler, warblers, willow, willow thicket, willows, wood-warbler, wood-warblers, Yellow Warbler|

Last week I spent a few moments photographing a female Yellow Warbler working on building her nest high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Messy Orange-crowned Warbler Plus Canada Thistles

By Mia McPherson|August 7th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, blooming, branch, Canada Thistle, canyon, Cirsium arvense, damp, down, Leiothlypis celata, Lettuce from hell thistle, looking, mountains, non-native, nonnative, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, purple wildflowers, riparian habitat, summer, thistle, thistles, warbler, warblers, wildflowers, willow thicket, willows, wood-warblers|

My subject was actually a slightly messy Orange-crowned Warbler perched on a branch looking down at the ground.

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