trunk – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Autumn Cicada Shell – Why Is It Still Here?

By Mia McPherson|October 25th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Cicadas, Sebastian County|Tags: attached, autumn, bark, Cicada, Cicadoidea, exoskeleton, exuvia, fall, garden, pine tree, shell, suburban, tree, trunk, yard|

Four days ago, I spotted a cicada shell hanging on to a pine tree still clinging to the bark like it had all the time in the world and nowhere to go.

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Male Red-bellied Woodpecker Inside A Nesting Cavity In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|May 30th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, male, Melanerpes carolinus, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting tree, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, tree, trunk, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

On my third visit to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge I was thrilled to spot a male Red-bellied Woodpecker inside of a nesting cavity.

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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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Utah Fox Squirrel Close Ups

By Mia McPherson|December 6th, 2023|Categories: Fox Squirrels, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, close up, fall, Fox Squirrel, home, mammals, nonnative, portrait, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, tree, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, trunk, urban|

I didn't have to travel far to take close-up photos of this Fox Squirrel. In fact, I photographed the squirrel when I got home from checking out my local pond.

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Young And Adult Blue Jay Photos From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Blue Jay, branch, calling, Cicada, close up, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, driftwood, drinking, exoskeleton, immature, jay, jays, pine, portrait, spring, summer, tree, trunk, urban, water, yard, young|

This morning, I am sharing young and adult Blue Jay photos that I took from my dear friend Steve Creek's deck while I was staying with him in Arkansas.

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Red-headed Woodpecker Photos From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 20th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, branches, Cottonwood, dead, leaves, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, nest, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting cavity tree, Red-headed Woodpecker, sky, snag, spring, tree, trunk, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

These Red-headed Woodpecker photos were taken last month at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. I had one great day with this species in two spots on the refuge.

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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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Gadwall Drake Resting In Snow

By Mia McPherson|January 4th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, coot, coots, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, foraging, Fulica americana, Gadwall, gadwalls, leucism, leucistic, male, Mareca strepera, plumage aberration, pond, resting, snow, tree, trunk, urban, water, winter|

This morning I'm sharing photos of a Gadwall drake resting in snow plus a bonus photo of the leucistic American Coot taken yesterday in afternoon light.

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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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Tree Swallow Nesting In An Aspen

By Mia McPherson|June 8th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Tree Swallows, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, aspen, aspens, Bald Mountain Pass, clouds, female, ice, lake, Lily Lake, mountains, nest, nesting cavity, nesting season, nesting tree, Populus tremuloides, sky, snow, spring, Summit County, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, tree, Tree Swallow, trees, trunk, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, view|

While up high in the Uinta Mountains yesterday morning I photographed this female Tree Swallow checking out a nesting cavity in a Quaking Aspen.

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