white wildflower – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Gray Treefrog On A Lotus Leaf

By Mia McPherson|July 15th, 2024|Categories: Gray Treefrogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Lotus, aquatic wildflower, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Complex Hyla versicolor, frog, frogs, Gray Treefrog, Gray Treefrog Species Complex, Hyla versicolor, leaf, Nelumbo lutea, Reeves Slough, slough, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, treefrog, treefrogs, water droplets, white wildflower, yellow wildflower|

This morning I am sharing a simple photo of an adult Gray Treefrog on a lotus leaf taken at Sequoyah NWR. Or is it so simple? Maybe it is more complex.

Autumn Flatbud Prickly Poppy

By Mia McPherson|October 8th, 2023|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: Argemone munita, autumn, bloom, blooming, blossom, desert, fall, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, foothills, native, Prickly Poppy, sky island mountains, white wildflower, wildflowers|

When I drove out to the West Desert for some peace and solitude three days ago, I was thrilled to spot this Flatbud Prickly Poppy still in bloom.

Blooming Gardner’s Yampah in Southwestern Montana

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Common Yampah, edible, food source, Gairdner's Yampah, Gardner's Yampah, Perideridia gairdneri, squawroot, western false caraway, white wildflower, wildflowers|

Earlier this year in July I spent some time in the Centennial Valley of southwestern Montana where I photographed this Gardner's Yampah near Elk Lake.