sumacs

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.

Adult Sage Thrasher Regurgitating A Sumac Seed

By Mia McPherson|September 17th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, berry, Box Elder County, desert, Fragrant Sumac, late summer, leaves, mimids, Rhus aromatica, Sage Thrasher, seed, seep, shrub, sumac, sumacs, thrasher, thrashers, Utah|

Eleven days ago I photographed an adult Sage Thrasher regurgitating the seed of a sumac berry that was so close I could barely fit the thrasher in the frame.