While at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday morning, I photographed this Common Hibiscus bloom with a bumble bee during one of my walks.
Common Hibiscus and feeding bumble bee – Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1/800, ISO 1250, +0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light
The Common Hibiscus, also known as Rose of Sharon, is a nonnative flowering shrub that’s native to East Asia. Yesterday, I saw it blooming all over the refuge.
I was happy to see and photograph this bumble bee in the hibiscus. At first, I thought the bee was sleeping, but once I looked through my viewfinder, I could see it was awake and feeding.
I don’t know the species of bumble bee, and the photos I took aren’t very helpful when it comes to me making an ID. Any identification help would be appreciated.
Birds I know. Bumble bees? Not so much.
It felt great to walk some of the side roads at the refuge yesterday with temperatures about 10 degrees lower than they’ve been. This short break from the high temps was a welcome change.
Life is good.
Mia
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Cool pic. I love the contrasts. Thanks Mia.
Lovely! Tranquil.