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Barn Swallow And Toe Shadows

By Mia McPherson|August 15th, 2023|Categories: Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: auto tour loop, auto tour route, Barn Swallow, feet, fish and wildlife service, Hirundo rustica, marsh, perched, shadow, shadows, sign, sky, summer, swallow, swallows, toes, wetlands|

One year ago today, I photographed this Barn Swallow perched on a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sign from the auto tour loop at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird Nectaring And Landing Series

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, backing up, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, feet, hummingbird, hummingbirds, landing, Lonicera involucrata, male, nectaring, Selasphorus platycercus, toes, twig|

The Black Twinberry Honeysuckles weren't even in bloom quite yet yesterday in the Wasatch Mountains when I spotted this male Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering near some to get nectar.