paying attention

How I Found A Flock Of Clark’s Nutcrackers Yesterday

By Mia McPherson|October 2nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Clark's Nutcrackers, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: autumn, birding instincts, canyon, Clark's Nutcracker, corvids, Douglas fir, ears, eyes, fall, fir, firs, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, mountains, Nucifraga columbiana, nutcracker, nutcrackers, paying attention, Pseudotsuga menziesii, skills, sky island mountains, tree, trees, Utah Juniper|

My eyes and my birding instincts didn't lead me astray because there was a Clark's Nutcracker perched at the top of the fir.

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Spring Female Cassin’s Finch

By Mia McPherson|May 21st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Cassin's Finches, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, alpine creek, branches, canyon, Cassin's Finch, creek, creekside, female, finch, finches, Haemorhous cassinii, mountains, paying attention, sky island mountains, spring, willows|

When this female Cassin's Finch landed next to a creek two days ago in the West Desert I was happy to take her photo.

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An American Badger – Paying Attention Pays Off

By Mia McPherson|August 26th, 2012|Categories: American Badgers, Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana|Tags: American Badger, badgers, nature photography, paying attention, Taxidea taxus, wildlife photography|

Wow! There were two ebony eyes peeking at me through the light golden grasses along with the strikingly marked face of an American Badger!

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