damp – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Roadside Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|June 2nd, 2023|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: baby, canyon, damp, dirt, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, immature, mammals, mountains, roadside, spring, squirrel, squirrels, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, young|

I am completely unable to resist taking baby Uinta Ground Squirrel photos. These babies are simply that appealing to me, no matter where I find them.

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Young Green-tailed Towhee In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 10th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: canyon, damp, Green-tailed Towhee, immature, juvenile, messy, mountains, old, perched, Pipilo chlorurus, sparrow, sparrows, stump, summer, towhee, towhees, weathered, young|

On Sunday I was delighted when this damp young Green-tailed Towhee popped up on an old weathered stump out in the open for a few moments.

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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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Song Sparrow On A Cloudy Spring Morning

By Mia McPherson|May 29th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, branch, canyon, cloudy, damp, lichen, Melospiza melodia, morning, mountains, perched, sing, singing, song, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

The Song Sparrow didn't let the gray clouds overhead, the moisture in the air or its damp feathers stop it from singing to all the other birds within earshot. I have to admire that.

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An Immature Red-tailed Hawk On A Foggy Morning In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|September 13th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, alert, bedraggled, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, capture, damp, diving, eating, flight, fly over, flying, fog, foggy, freshly caught, hatch year, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, lifting off, metal post, mountains, prey, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, talons, wet|

There are times when one bird can make my day and yesterday that bird was an immature Red-tailed Hawk that I spotted just before heading home after a trip into the mountains that included fog and other challenges.

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Surprise Red Fox On A Box Elder County Hillside

By Mia McPherson|April 14th, 2019|Categories: Box Elder County, Red Foxes, Utah|Tags: adult, damp, desert, fox, foxes, grasses, hillside, Red Fox, rocks, sky, spring, Vulpes vulpes|

I don't see and photograph foxes as often as I would like to so this Red Fox was a surprise to me because I'd never seen one at this location before.

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