sniffing – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Roadside American Badger in The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|October 11th, 2022|Categories: American Badgers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: American Badger, autumn, badger, badger burrow, badgers, butt, canyon, digging, dirty, fall, head on, hole, mammals, morning, morning light, mountains, mustelids, nose, peek-a-boo, roadside, scratch, sniffing, Taxidea taxus, turning|

My best photos from yesterday's journey into the Wasatch Mountains weren't of birds; instead, they were of an American Badger I found along the side of the road.

Least Chipmunk In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|February 8th, 2020|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, fence post, Least Chipmunk, lichen, lichen covered, mountains, Neotamias minimus, old, post, smelling, sniffing, summer, wood|

I photographed this Least Chipmunk last summer high up in a mountain canyon where it appeared to be sniffing the lichens that covered the top of a wooden fence post.

Antelope Island Pronghorn Buck Sniffing The Wind

By Mia McPherson|April 5th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: adult, Antilocapra americana, Desert Racer, early spring, Goat-a-lope, grasses, male, Moth Mullein, Prairie Ghost, Pronghorn, Pronghorn Antelope, Sage Goat, Sagebrush Rocket, shedding, sniffing, Speed Goat, wind|

I always enjoy taking photos of the pronghorns on Antelope Island State Park and appreciate the fact that they are approachable and far less skittish than the pronghorn I have encountered in quite a few other locations.