shelter – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Yellow-bellied Marmot Pup In A Crack In Some Rocks

By Mia McPherson|April 4th, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: baby, crack, crevice, desert, lichen, lichen covered, mammals, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, mobile blind, pup, rock, rocks, shelter, spring, wildlife ethics, Yellow-bellied Marmot, young|

I was delighted to find and photograph a Yellow-bellied Marmot pup peeking out of a crack in some lichen-covered rocks on the 1st of April in northern Utah.

Photographing Gray Catbird Interactions In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, agitated, Amelanchier utahensis, back view, barbed wire, bush, calling, canyon, catbird, catbirds, close up, curious, Dumetella carolinensis, excited, falling, fence, fence post, fluttering, foot, Gray Catbird, interacting, jumped, kicking, lichen, look, mimids, mountains, portrait, riparian zone, Roundleaf Snowberry, rufous undertail coverts, shelter, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Utah Serviceberry, wings, wooden post|

This morning I'm grateful that I spotted a single Gray Catbird pop up on top of a snowberry bush yesterday morning because if I hadn't none of the following photos would have been possible.

Great Blue Herons Seeking Shelter From Winter’s Wind

By Mia McPherson|February 10th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, cold, flight, flying Wasatch Range, frozen, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, marsh, shelter, sheltering, sky, snow, wading birds, wetlands, windy, winter|

The Great Blue Herons were hunkered down in the rushes with the warmth of the sunlight on them but they still looked cold.