{"id":70679,"date":"2020-06-08T06:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=70679"},"modified":"2024-08-07T03:35:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T08:35:59","slug":"blooming-chokecherry-trees-in-utahs-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/06\/08\/blooming-chokecherry-trees-in-utahs-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Chokecherry Trees In Utah’s Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WasatchWasatch Mountain Range Chokecherry in bloom – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week while up in the Wasatch Mountains I savored the delicious perfume of blooming Chokecherry trees. The heady scent of their creamy white blossoms delights me each and every year.<\/p>\n

When I am out in the field I pay attention to everything around me and when I don’t have birds in my viewfinder I often find other things to photograph because I know that everything in nature is connected.<\/p>\n

When the chokecherries, serviceberries, currants, hawthorns, elderberries and other fruiting trees and shrubs are blooming I pay attention to them because I know if they set fruit and do well during the summer I will have opportunities to photograph birds feasting on their fruits and berries later in the year.<\/p>\n

\"Sun-kissedSun-kissed Chokecherry Blossoms – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

But it isn’t just knowing about the fruits that the birds might feast on later in the year that draws me and my camera lens to photograph other things in nature.<\/p>\n

It is also because I have a deep, life-long desire to know more or as much as I can about the natural world I see, feel, hear, smell and experience on my journeys. I am not just a bird photographer. I am also a student of nature each and every time I venture into the field because being out there teaches me something new on practically every journey.<\/p>\n

Me? I just have to pay attention and be open to the free lessons that nature generously provides.<\/p>\n

\"BloomingBlooming Chokecherry in Utah – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m really very glad I took these blooming Chokecherry photos last week when it was warm and sunny. Over the weekend we’ve had much colder weather in northern Utah and up in the Wasatch Mountains. It has been so cold that freeze warnings were issued at higher elevations and snow fell in the high country.<\/p>\n

The pristine blossoms I photographed last week have probably had some frost damage that might inhibit fruit production. Will fruit set on on the chokecherries that I photographed? I won’t know for a while.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Chokecherries (Prunus virginiana<\/em>) are native to much of North America.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my flowers, shrubs, trees, seeds, and leaves photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am not just a bird photographer. I am also a student of nature each and every time I venture into the field because being out there teaches me something new on practically every journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[1731,5345,26,773],"tags":[6557,7353,6754,6531,6518,6496,2217,10029,4302,6532,165,4427],"class_list":["post-70679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summit-county-utah","category-trees","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-blooms","tag-blossoms","tag-chokecherries","tag-chokecherry","tag-flowering","tag-flowering-tree","tag-flowers","tag-fruit-tree","tag-native","tag-prunus-virginiana","tag-spring","tag-tree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chokecherry-in-bloom-mia-mcpherson-8267.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-inZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58417,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/08\/flowering-chokecherry-trees-aka-blooming-bird-food\/","url_meta":{"origin":70679,"position":0},"title":"Flowering Chokecherry Trees – AKA Blooming Bird Food","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Because of our wetter than normal spring it seems that the chokecherries are doing well, extremely well. 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