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Female Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Feeding, Hovering And Resting

By |2021-05-11T14:53:27-06:00May 8th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A few days ago I photographed my first of the season Broad-tailed Hummingbird and I was elated that the bird was a female.

Male Black-chinned Hummingbird Feeding On Black Twinberry Honeysuckle Nectar

By |2021-05-28T04:45:14-06:00June 13th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The little Black-chinned Hummingbird did actually take flight to feed on the nectar of the honeysuckle and for a few moments was able to hover peacefully before the male Broad-tailed chased him off.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird Bliss in The Wasatch Mountains

By |2021-05-16T03:54:40-06:00June 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent yesterday morning enjoying a Broad-tailed Hummingbird bliss in the Wasatch Mountains by finding their favorite perches and photographing them feeding, resting, and defending their territories.

Blooming Desert Globemallows – Orange Wildflowers That Brighten the Desert

By |2024-02-29T07:06:28-07:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The wildflowers I photographed are Desert Globemallows (Sphaeralcea ambigua) and they were blooming abundantly on the road to the jetty, I don't think I have seen so many of them in full bloom before.

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant & Monarch Butterfly In Flight

By |2022-10-08T10:05:58-06:00August 23rd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Photographing birds while they are flying can be challenging and photographing Monarch Butterflies in flight can be just as challenging to do too.

White-lined Sphinx Moths for National Moth Week

By |2022-10-08T10:06:44-06:00July 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.

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