bumble bee – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Musk Thistle And Bumble Bee In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-31T04:05:56-05:00August 30th, 2023|Categories: Morgan County, Musk Thistle, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blossom, bumble bee, bumble bees, bumblebees, canyon, Carduus nutans, flowering, insects, mountains, Musk Thistle, nectaring, nonnative, pink wildflowers, summer, thistle, thistles, wildflowers|

This morning, I'm sharing a simple image of a Musk Thistle and a bumblebee that I photographed two days ago in the high country of the Wasatch Mountains.

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World Bee Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-20T05:50:52-05:00May 20th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Great Basin Bumble Bees, Long-horned Bees, Midges, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: bee, bees, bloom, blooming, blossom, Bombus centralis, bumble bee, bumble bees, Common Sunflower, Great Basin Bumble Bee, Helianthus annuus, Long-horned Bee, Longhorn Bee, marsh, midges, native, Tribe Eucerini, wildflower, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

May 20th is World Bee Day and I am sharing a photo of two native bees this morning. The Great Basin Bumble Bee and the Long-horned Bee. Native bees are important pollinators.

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Blooming Common Mullein Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-26T09:57:10-05:00August 2nd, 2021|Categories: Hunt's Bumble Bees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, Bombus huntii, bumble bee, bumble bees, canyon, Common Mullein, flight, flowering, flying, Hunt's Bumble Bee, mountains, mullein, mulliens, nectaring, non-native, nonnative, riparian habitat, summer, Verbascum thapsus, wildlflowers, yellow wildflowers|

Two days ago in between taking Willow Flycatcher photos in the Wasatch Mountains I took blooming Common Mullein images because they were nearby.

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Common Sunflower, Great Basin Bumble Bee And Long-horned Bee At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-03T19:36:05-06:00August 21st, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Great Basin Bumble Bees, Long-horned Bees, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: bee, bees, bloom, blooming, Bombus centralis, bumble bee, bumble bees, Central Bumble Bee, Common Sunflower, Great Basin Bumble Bee, Helianthus annuus, Long-horned Bee, Longhorn Bee, pollinators, Tribe Eucerini, wildflower, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

When I photographed this Common Sunflower I noticed the Great Basin Bumble Bee right away then I saw the other bee and what appears to be two midges on the upper left quadrant of the flower petals.

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West Desert Wandering – Birds, Bees, And Blooms

By Mia McPherson|2021-02-20T09:27:54-06:00October 5th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: back lit, bird food, Bombus, bumble bee, Dark-eyed Junco, junco, Junco hyemalis, junco hyemalis oreganus, juncos, light angle, rabbitbrush, rabbitbrush fluff, seeds, side lit, small in frame, sparrows, species ID|

Even though I came home with very few photos I'm still glad I went wandering. I had great views, sunshine, birds to delight my eyes and ears and I soaked it all up like a thirsty sponge.

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Prickly Poppies, Bees and a Grasshopper

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-14T17:03:12-05:00June 29th, 2017|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Argemone munita, bee, bumble bee, bumblebee, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, grasshopper, Mexican poppy, poppies, Prickly Poppy, Thistle Poppy, white wildflowers, wildflowers, wildlife|

Each Prickly Poppy flower is about 3 to 5 inches across with yellow centers of clustered stamens and delicate petals that look like white crepe paper.

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