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Adult Cedar Waxwing Resting In A Stand Of Hawthorns

By Mia McPherson|August 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Bombycilla cedrorum, branch, Cedar Waxwing, Crataegus rivularis, hawthorn, hawthorns, leaves, perched, River Hawthorn, stand, summer, thorn, thorns, waxwing, waxwings|

Stopping to eat my muffins at this location was a great idea because this week on three trips to this spot I've photographed more than just Cedar Waxwings at this location.

One Spring Morning When Yellow-rumped Warblers Dripped From Trees

By Mia McPherson|May 23rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: back view, breeding plumage, butter butt, Butter Butts, canyon, dripped, female, hawthorn, male, migration, mini fallout, morning, mountains, perched, Setophaga coronata, spring, thorn, thorns, thorny, trees, up close, warbler, warblers, willow, willows, wood-warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

Almost one year ago I spent my morning photographing so many Yellow-rumped Warblers that they seemed to almost drip from the trees.