Ribes aureum – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Bluebells, Currants, Warblers And A Duck

By Mia McPherson|May 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Morgan County, Shrubs, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, alpine, Anas platyrhynchos, bath, bathing, beaver damage, bloom, blooming, blossoms, blue wildflowers, branch, branches, canyon, creek, creekside, currant, currants, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, female, flowering, flowers, fork, Golden Currant, male, Mallard, mallards, Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebells, mountains, perched, pink wildflowers, purple wildflowers, Ribes aureum, riparian zone, Setophaga petechia, shrub, singing, spring, stump, tapestry, warbler, warblers, water, water droplets, wildflowers, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

I spent my morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday and came home with photos of bluebells, currants, warblers, and a duck.

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Adult MacGillivray’s Warblers With Food For Their Chicks

By Mia McPherson|July 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, MacGillivray's Warblers, Morgan County, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, breeding season, canyon, chicks, currant, currants, feeding young, female, food, Geothlypis tolmiei, Golden Currant, insects, MacGillivray's Warbler, male, mountains, nesting season, prey, rearing young, Ribes aureum, Roundleaf Snowberry, Snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, young|

My best opportunities photographing the adult MacGillivray's Warblers with food for their young yesterday happened when the female popped into view with prey in her bill.

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MacGillivray’s Warblers In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 7th, 2020|Categories: Birds, MacGillivray's Warblers, Morgan County, Song Sparrows, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, breeding season, canyon, defensive, Geothlypis tolmiei, Golden Currant, MacGillivray's Warbler, male, Melospiza melodia, mountains, nesting season, perched, Ribes aureum, serviceberry, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers|

Despite the difficulties I have finding and photographing MacGillivray's Warblers I will keep trying to take better images of them.

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Least Chipmunk Feasting On Golden Currants

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2019|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Shrubs, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Buffalo Currant, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, Clove Currant, currant, currants, Golden Currant, Least Chipmunk, mountains, Neotamias minimus, Ribes aureum|

I noticed that the Golden Currants have started to ripen and this chipmunk was actively feeding on the fruits when I caught sight of it and twisted my body like a pretzel to take a few photos of it.

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Adult Green-tailed Towhee Perched In A Golden Currant Bush

By Mia McPherson|June 14th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Shrubs, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, blooming, Buffalo Currant, Clove Currant, currant, currants, flowering shrub, Golden Currant, Green-tailed Towhee, Missouri Currant, perched, Pipilo chlorurus, Ribes aureum, sparrow, sparrows, towhee, towhees, yellow flowers|

I truly wish that I had been able to photograph this adult Green-tailed Towhee in this Golden Currant bush while is was in full bloom because that would have been gorgeous with all the tiny yellow flowers.

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird Bliss in The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Buffalo Currant, Clove Currant, currant, currants, feathers, feeding, flight, flying, Golden Currant, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, native, nectar, Ribes aureum, Selasphorus platycercus, shaking, shrubs, wildflowers|

I spent yesterday morning enjoying a Broad-tailed Hummingbird bliss in the Wasatch Mountains by finding their favorite perches and photographing them feeding, resting, and defending their territories.

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