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Late Summer White-lined Sphinx Moth Images

By |2021-09-02T05:54:58-05:00September 2nd, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Of the hundreds of White-lined Sphinx moth photos I took two days ago I picked three to share today of the moth feeding on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant.

The Funniest Yellow Warbler Photo I Have Ever Taken

By |2021-05-08T16:47:47-05:00August 29th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I took the funniest Yellow Warbler photo I have ever taken in all the years that I have been photographing birds.

Hovering White-lined Sphinx Moth Getting Nectar

By |2022-10-08T10:04:46-05:00August 6th, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Even though I am primarily a bird photographer I can't resist photographing other subjects especially if those subjects have wings so when I saw a White-lined Sphinx moth yesterday I simply had to focus on it for a bit.

Black-chinned & Rufous Hummingbirds, White-lined Sphinx Moths and Monarch Butterflies

By |2022-10-08T10:15:05-05:00August 18th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rocky Mountain Bee Plants are blooming all over the Salt Lake Valley right now and those beautiful, spider-like flowers are attracting hummingbirds, moths, butterflies, bees and a host of insects.

White-lined Sphinx Moths for National Moth Week

By |2022-10-08T10:06:44-05:00July 19th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths, Wildflowers, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday was the first day of National Moth Week 2015 and the featured family of moths for this year are from the Sphingidae family which are commonly know as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms.

Loggerhead Shrikes and a few things that bug them

By |2021-11-17T03:38:07-06:00May 20th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Midges, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning while Antelope Island there was a Loggerhead Shrike perched on a dead branch that was near the north shoreline of the Great Salt Lake.

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