desert habitat – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Winter Loggerhead Shrike: A Species In Decline

By Mia McPherson|January 16th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: adult, desert, desert habitat, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, perched, shrike, shrikes, territorial, winter|

Due to extended gray, cloudy weather and not getting out into the field I dug into my archives and today I am sharing a photo of a winter Loggerhead Shrike.

Springtime Rock Wren Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Rock Wrens, Utah|Tags: adult, blue, Box Elder County, clear, cliff, desert, desert habitat, lichen, lichen covered, lichens, nesting materials, perched, rock, Rock Wren, rocks, Salpinctes obsoletus, sky, spring, staring, Utah, wren, wrens|

Any time I have a Rock Wren in my viewfinder is a good day for me. Yesterday was an especially good day because I had two nesting adult Rock Wrens to focus on.

Great Horned Owl In Desert Habitat

By Mia McPherson|November 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Great Horned Owls, Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area, Nevada, White Pine County|Tags: adult, arid, arid habitat, autumn, Bubo virginianus, camouflaged, cliff, desert, desert habitat, fall, Great Horned Owl, outcropping, owl, owls, rocks, rocky, side lit, wildflowers|

I reached back into my archives and found this photo of a side lit Great Horned Owl in desert habitat that I spotted from one of the dirt access roads that lead to the Mt. Moriah Wilderness of eastern Nevada in 2012.