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Gray Catbird Plus Blooming Hound’s Tongue Photos

By Mia McPherson|June 9th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Beggars-lice, blooms, Boraginaceae, catbird, catbirds, Cynoglossum officinale, Dog’s Tongue, Dogbur, Dumetella carolinensis, Gray Catbird, Gypsy Flower, Gypsyflower, Hounds-tongue, Houndstongue, introduced, log, messy background, mimids, multi-colored, perched, twig, wildflower, wildflowers, Woolmat|

I enjoyed my time yesterday morning photographing the Gray Catbird and the Hound's Tongue in bloom but I really wish I had been as happy with my catbird photos as I am the wildflower images.

Photographing Yellow-rumped Warblers in Cluttered and Clean Habitats

By Mia McPherson|April 29th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Salt Lake County, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: Autumn migration, branch, breeding plumage, clean background, messy background, Moth Mullein, nonbreeding plumage, perched, photograph, photographing, Setophaga coronata, spring migration, warbler, warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

When it comes to small birds like Yellow-rumped Warblers I prefer photographing them in clean habitats over cluttered habitats because the small birds stand out better when the background isn't so messy.