specific locations – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird In A Strong Breeze Plus A Favorite Perch

By Mia McPherson|2021-02-12T07:11:13-06:00May 13th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: behavior, branch, breeze, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, calling, colorful, favorite perch, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, landing, male, mountains, perched, preference, Selasphorus platycercus, specific locations, stiff, strong, take off, taking off, tongue, upright, year after year|

When the male Broad-tailed Hummingbird had had enough of getting bounced around he took off in a hurry with the wind fluffing up his upper chest feathers and the right side of his colorful gorget.