Williamson's Sapsucker – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

3000 Daily Posts In A Row Milestone

By Mia McPherson|July 19th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Milestone, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, aspens, breeding season, Clark County, clinging, forest, idaho, male, milestone, nesting, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, spring, tree, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpeckers|

Today is a milestone day for me. I'm celebrating the fact that I have shared 3000 daily posts here at On The Wing Photography in a row.

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Photographing Nesting Williamson’s Sapsuckers

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, alpine forest, aspen, challenges, characteristics, fecal sac, female, flight, flying, forest, male, mountains, nest cavity, nest hole, nest tree, nesting cavity, nesting season, nesting tree, ornithological history, photographing, sapsucker, sapsuckers, sawdust, sexually dimorphic, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

For one and a half wonderful nesting seasons I was thrilled to photograph a pair of mated Williamson's Sapsuckers excavating a nest and tending to their young.

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Sapsuckers, Bluebirds and Nuthatches and the Magical Sapsucker Tree

By Mia McPherson|May 3rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Mountain Bluebirds, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, bluebird, bluebirds, female, forest, male, Mountain Bluebird, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nuthatch, nuthatches, Red-breasted Nuthatch, sapsucker, sapsucker wells, sapsuckers, Sialia currucoides, Sitta canadensis, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, wells, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

Two years ago today I was in the Targhee National Forest of Clark County, Idaho photographing birds at what I called the "Magical Sapsucker Tree".

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At the Magical Sapsucker Tree Once Again

By Mia McPherson|May 3rd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Mountain Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, branch, cavity nesting birds, chattering, chickadee, chickadees, forest, Montana, Mountain Chickadee, mountains, nest, nesting cavity, nuthatch, nuthatches, pair, Poecile gambeli, Red-breasted Nuthatch, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sitta canadensis, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, tree, trees, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

Yesterday may have started off dreary but it sure got lively with a Willamson's Sapsucker, Mountain Chickadee and a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches at the Magical Sapsucker Tree!

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I’m a real sucker for birds

By Mia McPherson|January 26th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, breeding season, forest, male, nesting cavity, nesting tree, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

I will photograph birds big and small, those that are flashy and those that are dull. From rare to common it doesn't matter to me.

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The Magical Sapsucker Tree in Clark County, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|July 4th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest, Tree Swallows, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, branches, cavity, chattering, fecal sacs, female, food, forest, House Wren, male, nest, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nestlings, pair, Populus tremuloides, prey, Quaking Aspen, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, secondary cavity nesters, Sphyrapicus, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, tree, Tree Swallow, Troglodytes aedon, Williamson's Sapsucker, wooded, woodpecker, woodpeckers, wren, wrens|

A month ago I photographed a pair of Williamson's Sapsuckers excavating a nesting cavity in Idaho and this past week I spent several days photographing them again.

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Wonderful Lifers – Williamson’s Sapsuckers at their nesting tree

By Mia McPherson|June 1st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, ants, aspen, blind, coniferous forests, excavation, female, forest, lifer, male, Montana, mountains, nest, nesting cavity, nesting tree, photographing, sap wells, sapsucker, sapsuckers, secretive species, sexual differences, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, squeal call, tree, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodland birds, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

I could barely contain myself because in my viewfinder was a gorgeous red, yellow and black colored male Williamson's Sapsucker.

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