rodent – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Muskrat Kit In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|March 30th, 2023|Categories: Morgan County, Muskrats, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: alpine creek, alpine stream, baby, canyon, creek, immature, kit, mountains, Muskrat, muskrats, Ondatra zibethicus, riparian habitat, rodent, stream, summer, water, young|

I came across these images of Muskrat kit that I photographed in July of 2020 high in the Wasatch Mountains and realized I hadn't shared the images of them yet.

Spring Yellow-bellied Marmot Resting

By Mia McPherson|March 29th, 2021|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, cliff, desert, lichen, lichen covered, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, resting, rocks, rodent, sky, spring, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

Around the middle of March while photographing nesting hawks I spotted a bit of movement and saw this Yellow-bellied Marmot resting on a cliff.

Jackpot! Lifer Northern Pygmy-Owl with Prey

By Mia McPherson|July 14th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Mountains, Montana, Northern Pygmy-Owls|Tags: birds of prey, branches, forest, Glaucidium gnoma, lifer, Northern Pygmy-Owl, owl, owls, Owls of Montana, perched, prey, rodent, trees|

I went looking for a mammal species yesterday and dipped on them but hit the jackpot by getting a lifer bird, a Northern Pygmy-Owl and it had prey!