freshwater seep – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

California Tortoiseshell Butterfly And Blooming Fragrant Sumac

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, California Tortoiseshell Butterflies, Shrubs, Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, Utah|Tags: blooming, bush, buterflies, butterfly, California Tortoiseshell, desert, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, memories, Nymphalis californica, perched, Rhus aromatica, shrub, spring, sumac, wildflowers|

I had this California Tortoiseshell butterfly nectaring on blooming Fragrant Sumac up in a far northern Utah desert in my viewfinder four years ago today.

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American Tree Sparrow On A Fragrant Sumac

By Mia McPherson|March 6th, 2022|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Tree Sparrow, Aromatic Sumac, desert, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, perched, Rhus aromatica, shrub, sparrow, sparrows, Spizelloides arborea, winter|

This morning I am sharing a simple photo of an American Tree Sparrow perched in a Fragrant Sumac that I took last month near a freshwater seep in the desert.

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Vesper Sparrow Lifting Off

By Mia McPherson|July 31st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Vesper Sparrows|Tags: adult, desert, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, lift off, lifting off, Poocetes gramineus, Rhus aromatica, seep, sky, smoky, sparrow, sparrows, sumac, summer, take off, taking off, Vesper Sparrow|

While looking through my archives yesterday I came across this image of a Vesper Sparrow I photographed last September near a freshwater seep in Box Elder County.

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Cozy Red-tailed Hawks And Finches Galore

By Mia McPherson|November 23rd, 2020|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Box Elder County, Pine Siskins, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, autumn, birds of prey, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Carduelis pinus, desert, fall, female, finch, finches, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, goldfinch, goldfinches, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, leafless, ledge, lichen, male, morning, nonbreeding plumage, perched, Pine Siskin, prched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Rhus aromatica, rocky, seep, side by side, siskin, siskins, sky, Spinus tristis, sumac, Utah|

Yesterday morning the first birds I spotted and photographed was a pair of adult Red-tailed Hawks side by side on a rocky ledge in early morning light.

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Autumn Pine Siskins – 2020 Is An Irruption Year

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: autumn, Carduelis pinus, desert, fall, finch, finches, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, irruption, irruption year, perched, Pine Siskin, Rhus aromatica, seep, siskin, siskins, sumac|

My Facebook timeline is buzzing with people posting photos of large numbers of Pine Siskins at their bird feeders across the country.

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Eight-spotted Skimmer & Variegated Meadowhawk

By Mia McPherson|July 6th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Dragonflies, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Utah, Variegated Meadowhawk|Tags: adult, desert, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eight-spotted Skimmer, female, freshwater seep, freshwater spring, insects, Libellula forensis, odonata, rusty, seep, summer, Sympetrum corruptum, Variegated Meadowhawk, wire|

I enjoyed photographing the Eight-spotted Skimmer and Variegated Meadowhawk while also taking photos of Red-tailed Hawk juvenile.

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