Rock Squirrel – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My First Of Year Rock Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|March 16th, 2024|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, first of year, grass, grasses, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, Otospermophilus variegatus, park, Rock Squirrel, slumber, spring, squirrel, squirrels, urban|

I got out for about 30 minutes yesterday because the weather forecast was wrong, again. When I found my first-of-year Rock Squirrel, the sun was shining bright.

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Close Up Rock Squirrel At Home Yesterday

By Mia McPherson|October 3rd, 2023|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: adult, close up, grass, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, Otospermophilus variegatus, park, portrait, Rock Squirrel, selfie, spring, squirrel, squirrels, urban, xeriscaping|

Yesterday, during a light rain, I looked out of my living room window, and to my surprise, I had a close-up view of a Rock Squirrel right next to the house.

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Urban Rock Squirrel With A Blade Of Grass

By Mia McPherson|May 12th, 2023|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: adult, blade, close up, eating, grass, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, Otospermophilus variegatus, park, portrait, Rock Squirrel, spring, squirrel, squirrels, urban|

I have a backlog of spring images to go through, including photos of a Rock Squirrel and a blade of grass from the end of April.

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City Dwelling Rock Squirrel Surprise

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2023|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, mammals, Otospermophilus variegatus, pair, park, Rock Squirrel, spring, squirrel, squirrels, urban|

Two days ago when I was at a local park with my friend and yours, April Olson, I spotted a Rock Squirrel. Then I saw three more nearby and I had to take photos.

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Rock Squirrel Tree Topper

By Mia McPherson|April 2nd, 2023|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, foothills, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rock Squirrel, sky, sky island mountains, spring, squirrel, squirrels, top, Utah Juniper|

Almost three years ago, I photographed this Rock Squirrel perched in top of a juniper in the foothills of some sky island mountains in the West Desert of Utah.

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Roadside Young Rock Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|August 28th, 2022|Categories: Morgan County, Rock Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: canyon, close up, forest, forest edge, immature, mammals, mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, portrait, Rock Squirrel, squirrel, squirrels, summer, young|

Almost two weeks ago I took a series of images of this young Rock Squirrel near its burrow next to a dusty dirt road high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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National Squirrel Appreciation Day

By Mia McPherson|January 21st, 2021|Categories: American Red Squirrels, Eastern Gray Squirrels, Florida, Glacier County, Juab County, Montana, Morgan County, Pinellas County, Richardson's Ground Squirrels, Rock Squirrels, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Virginia, Wasatch Mountains, West Desert, White-tailed Antelope Squirrels|Tags: American Red Squirrel, Eastern Gray Squirrel, flying squirrels, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, National Squirrel Appreciation Day, Richardson's Ground Squirrels, Rock Squirrel, squirrel, squirrels, Uinta Ground Squirrel, White-tailed Antelope Squirrel|

January 21st is National Squirrel Appreciation Day and it recognizes these creatures that some people consider pests while others find them fascinating.

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Rock Squirrel Close Up In A Fragrant Sumac Shrub

By Mia McPherson|September 28th, 2020|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, branch, desert, eye, forest, Fragrant Sumac, grasping, mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rhus aromatica, Rock Squirrel, shrub, sky island mountains, squirrel, squirrels, sumac, sumacs, summer|

The Rock Squirrel was grasping a sumac branch and the shrub was so close to me I wasn't even sure I was going to be able to focus on it.

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Rock Squirrel Resting On A Lichen Encrusted Boulder

By Mia McPherson|September 13th, 2020|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, boulder, canyon, lichen, lichen covered, lichen encrusted, lichens, mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, resting, rock, Rock Squirrel, squirrel, squirrels|

I spent the morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday where one of the furry creatures I saw and photographed was a Rock Squirrel on a lichen encrusted boulder.

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West Desert Rock Squirrel On Top Of A Juniper

By Mia McPherson|November 9th, 2019|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildlife|Tags: blue sky, inversion, juniper, mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rock Squirrel, squirrel, squirrels, tree|

A soft blue sky, a juniper and a Rock Squirrel made me pretty happy two days ago because I don't have these squirrels in my viewfinder nearly as often as I'd like to.

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Peek-a-boo Rock Squirrel Close Up In A Serviceberry Bush

By Mia McPherson|August 27th, 2019|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, close up, mammals, Otospermophilus variegatus, peek-a-boo, Rock Squirrel, serviceberries, serviceberry, squirrel, squirrels, Utah Serviceberry|

In mid August I was attempting to get close up photos of a Rock Squirrel that was actively feeding on serviceberries in the Wasatch Mountains and two things happened that ruined my chances for better images.

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Revisiting The Mercur Canyon Rock Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|March 8th, 2017|Categories: Mercur Canyon, Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, alert, boulder, lichen, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rock Squirrel, rocks, rocky slope, squirrel, squirrels, sunning|

While up in Mercur Canyon I caught a flash of browns and grays on top of a rock and realized I was seeing the Rock Squirrel I photographed on the same slope last month.

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Mercur Canyon Rock Squirrel

By Mia McPherson|February 14th, 2017|Categories: Mercur Canyon, Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: canyon, Ephedra, ground squirrels, Mormon Tea, Oquirrh Mountains, Otospermophilus variegatus, Rock Squirrel, rocks, squirrels, west desert canyons|

I didn't have much luck at all with birds yesterday in the west desert canyons but I did spot and photograph a Rock Squirrel in Mercur Canyon.

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