Black Twinberry Honeysuckle

Lonicera involucrata

Some Birds And Blooms From The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-17T03:23:39-05:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Gray Catbirds, Mallards, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Red-tailed Hawks, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, Anas platyrhynchos, babies, bathing, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, catbirds, Chokecherry, creek, ducklings, ducks, Dumetella carolinensis, feathers, feed, finches, flowering, gold finches, grasses, Gray Catbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, Mallard, Melospiza melodia, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountains, native, Prunus virginiana, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, Setophaga petechia, singing, Song Sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Thermopsis montana, tree, warbler, warblers, Western Chokecherry, wet, willows, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

This morning I wanted to share some photos of the birds and blooms that I took images of one morning last week while I was high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird With Honeysuckle

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-19T04:55:52-05:00May 19th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Archilochus alexandri, Black Twinberry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbird, canyon, female, flight, flower bud, flying, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, perched, poking, riparian habitat, spring, wildflowers|

When I spotted this tiny female Black-chinned Hummingbird yesterday high in the Wasatch Mountains I hoped she'd begin to feed on some nearby honeysuckle.

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