metal pipe – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Late Summer Turkey Vulture And Common Sunflowers

By Mia McPherson|September 16th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, birds of prey, bloom, blooming, Box Elder County, Cathartes aura, Common Sunflower, desert, flowering, Helianthus annuus, metal pipe, pipe, raptors, summer, sunflower, sunflowers, tongue, Turkey Vulture, Utah, vulture, vultures, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

Yesterday I found an adult Turkey Vulture perched on a metal pipe with a field of sunflowers below and it behind it. I liked the pop of yellow in my photos of this bird.

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House Wren And A Rusty Pipe

By Mia McPherson|July 6th, 2021|Categories: Birds, House Wrens, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, House Wren, metal pipe, mountains, perched, rusty, summer, Troglodytes aedon, wren|

I photographed this adult House Wren last week while I was up in the Wasatch Mountains looking for birds and cooling off in higher elevation temperatures.

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Green-tailed Towhee Close Up Photos

By Mia McPherson|June 25th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, canyon, close up, Green-tailed Towhee, metal pipe, mountains, Pipilo chlorurus, rusty, serviceberry, sparrow, sparrows, summer, towhee, towhees, Utah Serviceberry|

While photographing nesting House Wrens three days ago I was also able to photograph an adult Green-tailed Towhee up close in a serviceberry shrub.

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Adult House Wren With A Large Feather

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2021|Categories: Birds, House Wrens, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, feather, House Wren, metal pipe, mountains, nest, nest entrance, nesting material, nesting season, rusty, summer, Troglodytes aedon|

After taking photos of Cliff Swallows gathering nesting materials two days ago I took more House Wren photos of the nesting pair I found in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Nesting House Wren Photos

By Mia McPherson|June 22nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, House Wrens, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, canyon, entrance, House Wren, metal pipe, mountains, nest, nesting, prey, rusty, sagebrush, serviceberry, singing, stump, summer, Summit County, Troglodytes aedon, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, wren, wrens|

Had it not been for my keen eyesight and a little bit of movement in a serviceberry shrub I would have missed out on taking nesting House Wren photos yesterday.

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