tree trunk – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cicada Shell And The Photographer Who Took The Image

By Mia McPherson|August 17th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Cicadas, Sebastian County|Tags: bark, Canon, Cicada, cicadas, exoskeleton, exuvia, Mia McPherson, photographer, photographing, pine, pine tree, R7, shell, Steve Creek, summer, tree, tree trunk, trees|

This cicada shell on a pine tree was photographed by little old me in Arkansas yesterday. The photo of me taking this image is by my dear friend, Steve Creek.

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My Mom Would Have Been 92 Today

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2024|Categories: Eastern Cottonwood, Miscellaneous, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Sycamore, babies, birds of prey, bottomland hardwood forests, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, chicks, Cottonwood, Eastern Cottonwood, forest, hawk, hawks, heart, heart shape, immature, juvenile, leaves, light, native, natural, nest, nestling, Platanus occidentalis, Populus deltoides, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, shadow, spotlight, spring, sycamore, tree, tree trunk, trunk, young|

My mom would have been 92 today. I miss her terribly, but she is with me in so many ways. She was also with me when I went to Tishomingo NWR last Saturday.

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Baby Eastern Bluebird Images From The Day They Fledged

By Mia McPherson|April 25th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: baby, bluebird, bluebirds, Eastern Bluebird, first day, fledging day, fledgling, garden, immature, juvenile, leave, nest, nest box, pine tree, Sialia sialis, spring, thrush, thrushes, tree, tree trunk, trunk, urban, yard, young|

In my post yesterday I mentioned that three of the Eastern Bluebird chicks left their nest box in my friend Steve's yard. Today I am sharing two photos of them.

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Tree Swallows Have Migrated Into Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|March 25th, 2024|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, High Uintas, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Summit County, Tree Swallows, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, aspen, aspens, close up, female, forest, male, mountains, natural, nest, nest box, nesting, nesting box, nesting cavity, nesting season, perched, Populus tremuloides, portrait, Quaking Aspen, spring, Summit County, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow, tree trunk, Utah|

Over the weekend, I read on Facebook that Tree Swallows have migrated back into Northern Utah for their breeding season. I am so excited about that news!

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Film Days: Carolina Wrens And a Northern Cardinal

By Mia McPherson|March 12th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Carolina Wrens, Northern Cardinals, Virginia|Tags: Canon AE-1, cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, cardinals, Carolina Wren, feeder, film, Northern Cardinal, suet feeder, Thryothorus ludovicianus, tree, tree trunk, wren, wrens, yard birds|

I was going through old photos taken with film and decided to share this image of Carolina Wrens and a female Northern Cardinal on my suet feeder in Virginia.

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Leucistic American Coot Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 13th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, back view, coot, coots, dirt, face, foraging, Fulica americana, grackle, grackles, grass, Great-tailed Grackle, leucism, leucistic, male, morning, plumage aberration, preening, profile view, Quiscalus mexicanus, Salt Lake County, spring, staring, swimming, tail, tree trunk, urban, Utah, water|

Over the past four months I wanted closer, better photos of the leucistic American Coot that I found on January 2nd. My patience and persistence paid off.

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Urban Female Northern Flicker

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Northern Flickers, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Colaptes auratus, female, flicker, flickers, Northern Flicker, park, pond, spring, tree trunk, trunk, urban, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

Yesterday the sun was shining and I went for a walk at my local pond. Among the birds that I photographed I enjoyed this pretty female Northern Flicker.

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American Robin Photos – Borbs In Snow

By Mia McPherson|January 28th, 2023|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, bill, borb, borbiest, borbiness, borbs, borby, close up, crabapple, fruit, head on, leaves, robin, robins, Salt Lake County, snow, snowy, thrush, thrushes, tree trunk, Turdus migratorius, urban, Utah, winter|

This morning I am sharing four American Robin photos taken three days ago close to home. Each one of the robins looks like a borb in the snow.

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Sycamore Bark Close Up

By Mia McPherson|December 5th, 2022|Categories: American Sycamore, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Sycamore, Australia, autumn, bark, close up, deciduous tree, eucalyptus trees, fall, gum trees, Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track, Platanus occidentalis, sycamore, termite mound, tree, tree trunk, trees, trunk|

Yesterday afternoon, after I walked around my local pond and the Jordan River Parkway Trail, I stopped to take close up photos of the bark on my neighbor's American Sycamore tree.

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Cottonwood Tree On The Jordan River Trail

By Mia McPherson|October 12th, 2022|Categories: Fremont Cottonwood, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, bark, Cottonwood, cottonwoods, fall, Fremont Cottonwood, leaf, leaves, native, Populus fremontii, tactile, touch, tree, tree trunk, trees, trunk|

Being a tactile person, I appreciated getting close to and touching a cottonwood tree on the bank of the Jordan River on my walk last Sunday.

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Uinta Chipmunks In The High Uinta Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 8th, 2021|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Chipmunks, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, Bald Mountain overlook, boulders, chipmunk, chipmunks, forest, grooming, hidden forest chipmunk, high Uintas, lichen, male, mountains, Neotamias umbrinus, pair, resting, rocks, scenery, spring, tree trunk, Uinta Chipmunk|

I spent yesterday morning traveling Mirror Lake Highway in the Uinta Mountains and came home with a few photos of Uinta Chipmunks.

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Adult American Robin Gobbling Down A Crabapple – Thanksgiving 2020

By Mia McPherson|November 26th, 2020|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, crabapple, crabapples, eating, food, gobble, gobbling, leucism, leucistic, open bill, robin, robins, snow, thrush, thrushes, tree, tree trunk, Turdus migratorius, white tail feather, winter|

You might wonder why I decided to use an American Robin photo on my Thanksgiving post today and I will explain how I picked this image.

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