Selasphorus rufus – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Rufous Hummingbird For National Hummingbird Day

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-04T06:03:59-05:00September 4th, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah|Tags: bee plant, blooming, Cleomella serrulata, desert island, fall migration, female/immature, flight, flowering, flying, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, low light, migration, native, pink wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, smoky, summer, wildflowers|

Today is National Hummingbird Day and I am celebrating by sharing some Rufous Hummingbird photos I took earlier this week on Antelope Island.

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Rufous Hummingbird Plus Smoky Rising Sun Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-01T06:53:07-05:00September 1st, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Low light, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, western skies|Tags: 7:40 am, bloom, blooming, Cleomella serrulata, desert island, eating, fall migration, feeding, flight, flying, haze, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, immature/female, low light, morning, nectaring, pink wildflowers, rising, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, smoke, smoky, smoky haze, summer, sun, tail flare, wildfires, wildflowers|

Yesterday I went out to Antelope Island for the first time since April and I took hundreds of Rufous Hummingbird photos plus some of the rising sun.

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Rufous Hummingbird In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-01T10:24:27-05:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: canyon, forest edge, hummingbird, hummingbirds, immature, lifting off, mountains, perched, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, summer|

Last week for a few brief seconds I was pleasantly surprised to have a Rufous Hummingbird in my viewfinder while up in the Wasatch Mountains.

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

By Mia McPherson|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: Archilochus alexandri, Black-chinned Hummingbird, butterflies, butterfly, Cleomella serrulata, Danaus plexippus, desert, feeding, flight, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Hyles lineata, island, Monarch Butterfly, moth, moths, nectaring, perched, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, sphinx moth, summer, White-lined Sphinx Moth|

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.

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Hovering Rufous Hummingbird

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-08T10:07:09-05:00February 9th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Cleomella serrulata, Davis County, flight, flying, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, pink wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, wildflowers|

I can't help but think of the birds I will see later in the year like this Rufous Hummingbird I photographed last August on Antelope Island State Park.

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Beautiful Pollinators

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-08T10:07:29-05:00August 28th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Nevada Bumble Bees, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Bombus nevadensis, bumblebee, bumblebees, Cleomella serrulata, Common Sunflower, flight, flying, Helianthus annuus, hummingbird, hummingbirds, nature photography, Nevada Bumble Bee, Nevada Bumblebee, pink wildflowers, pollination, pollinator, pollinators, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, wildlife photography, yellow wildflowers|

Yesterday the light wasn't great in the morning but I did get out to take some images an Antelope Island and there were plenty of pollinators out and about.

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Monday Medley of Bees, Moths and Hummingbirds

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-08T10:07:54-05:00August 18th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Davis County, Nevada Bumble Bees, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths, Wildflowers|Tags: Archilochus alexandri, bird photography, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Bombus nevadensis, bumblebee, bumblebees, Cleomella serrulata, desert, feeding, flight, flying, Hyles lineata, island, nature photography, Nevada Bumble Bee, Nevada Bumblebee, pollinators, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, scratching, Selasphorus rufus, summer, wildlife|

I've compiled a medley of images this morning of bees, moths and hummingbirds that I have photographed this past week to share this morning.

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Rufous Hummingbird hovering by Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-08T10:08:19-05:00August 16th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Cleomella serrulata, Davis County, desert island, flight, flying, hovering, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, summer, wildflower, wildflowers|

This Rufous Hummingbird had a favorite perch that looked out over its favorite patch of Rocky Mountain Bee Plant.

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