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\"BloomingBlooming Scarlet Gilia \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/1250, ISO 640, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning birds were a little slow high in the Wasatch Mountains so I looked for wildflowers to focus on including blooming Scarlet Gilia. Other names used for Scarlet Gilia are scarlet trumpet and sky rocket.<\/p>\n

\"ScarletScarlet Gilia in bloom in the Wasatch Mountains \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2000, ISO 640, -1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Scarlet Gilia<\/span><\/a> (Ipomopsis aggregata<\/em>) is a native biennial flowering plant in the phlox family found primarily in western North America.\u00a0 The bright red color of these wildflowers attract hummingbirds as pollinators.<\/p>\n

I backtracked to take images of these Scarlet Gilia plants because when I first saw them they were in the shadows of the mountains to the east. The light was much better on them after the sun had risen over the mountain peaks.<\/p>\n

\"FloweringFlowering Scarlet Gilia \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/1000, ISO 640, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

While I wish I had been able to take more images of birds yesterday morning I had a blast taking my time and focusing on the wildflowers that were close to the road. I have taken documentary images of Scarlet Gilia prior to yesterday but these are the first images of this species that I am adding to my galleries.<\/p>\n

\"ScarletScarlet Gilia blossoms \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2000, ISO 640, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish I would have had my macro lens in my backpack yesterday. I need to remember to carry that lens with me during wildflower season.<\/p>\n

\"FirstFirst day of summer low temp 2022 – cell phone snap
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of seasons, yesterday was the first day of summer. I wanted to share the temp I saw as I entered the canyon where I photographed the gilias and other wildflowers. It was a little brisk and not very summer-like!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning birds were a little slow high in the Wasatch Mountains so I looked for wildflowers to focus on including blooming Scarlet Gilia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12972,1731,26,773,5347],"tags":[6098,6557,7353,3940,6518,12970,12968,4069,4302,12971,12969,12973,12974,2315,4307],"class_list":["post-103509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scarlet-gilia","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-blooming","tag-blooms","tag-blossoms","tag-canyon","tag-flowering","tag-gilia","tag-ipomopsis-aggregata","tag-mountains","tag-native","tag-red-wildflowers","tag-scarlet-gilia","tag-scarlet-trumpet","tag-sky-rocket","tag-summer-3","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/scarlet-gilia-in-bloom-mia-mcpherson-0270.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-qVv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109093,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/29\/wildflowers-i-photographed-in-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":103509,"position":0},"title":"Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. 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