wildflower – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Black-chinned Hummingbird To Brighten A Dreary Winter Day

By Mia McPherson|February 9th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Archilochus alexandri, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Cleomella serrulata, female, hummingbird, hummingbirds, pink wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflower, wildflowers|

The opposite of cold, gray, windy and rainy is summertime in my mind so I thought that today I would post some thing from a warmer, brighter and calmer day and what could be more summery than a Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant?

Calliope Hummingbird and Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

By Mia McPherson|October 23rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Calliope Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: bird photography, birding, Davis County, feeding, hovering, migration, photography, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Stellula calliope, wildflower|

Just a quick post this morning of a tiny Calliope Hummingbird feeding on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant that I photographed at the end of August.

Female Black-chinned Hummingbird

By Mia McPherson|September 2nd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Archilochus alexandri, bird photography, Black-chinned Hummingbird, desert, female, flight, flying, hummingbird, hummingbirds, island, pink wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflower, wildflowers|

After looking at these images that I took last Friday I am wondering if this hummingbird that I photographed is a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird.