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Spring Ruby-crowned Kinglet Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 21st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, conifers, Corthylio calendula, crown, fog, foggy, kinglet, kinglets, low light, mountains, perched, prey, pussy willows, pussywillows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, snow, snowy, spring, trees, Wasatch Mountains|

Yesterday morning I spent some time high in the Wasatch Mountains and came home with a few Ruby-crowned Kinglet photos that I liked enough to share.

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Female Brown-headed Cowbird And Willow Catkins

By Mia McPherson|June 9th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, brood parasites, Brown-headed Cowbird, canyon, catkins, cowbird, cowbirds, female, interspecific brood parasites, Molothrus ater, mountains, perched, pussywillows, riparian habitat, spring, willow, willows|

Late last month I photographed this female Brown-headed Cowbird surrounded by willow catkins in East Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains.

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