{"id":9328,"date":"2013-08-30T03:27:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T09:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9328"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:03:34","slug":"more-hummingbird-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/08\/30\/more-hummingbird-images\/","title":{"rendered":"More Calliope Hummingbird Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CalliopeLooking up\u00a0– Nikon D300, f5.6, ISO 640, 1\/2000, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I went back to the island to see if I could photograph more hummingbirds and they did not disappoint so I thought I would share two more images of them. I loved the pose of the bird above and the wonderfully smooth background.<\/p>\n

It was looking up at another hummingbird flying above it. I really enjoy getting these images in non-set up conditions with the birds doing what they want to do naturally.<\/p>\n

It was also nice to meet Jeff and Liz Gordon of the ABA yesterday at the entrance to Antelope Island State Park. ABA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"CalliopeCalliope Hummingbird feeding on the nectar of a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant\u00a0– Nikon D300, f5.6, ISO 640, 1\/2000, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This image I like for the “messier” background because there are so many different layers and depth to it.<\/p>\n

I am having a great time photographing these hummingbirds and they have helped to take my mind off of other things while I have had them in my viewfinder and when I view the images on my screen.<\/p>\n

Please look at the very thorough and thoughtful opinion that Jeff Cooper offered on the ID of Calliope for the birds I posted yesterday in the comments section of Calliope Hummingbirds?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Friday everyone.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Calliope Hummingbird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went back to the island to see if I could photograph more hummingbirds and they did not disappoint so I thought I would share two more images of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,2336,1022,26,5347],"tags":[4021,2399,4040,4052,2652,4104,4444,2337],"class_list":["post-9328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-calliope-hummingbird","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-wildflowers","tag-bird-photography","tag-calliope-hummingbird","tag-feeding","tag-flight","tag-hummingbirds-2","tag-perched","tag-rocky-mountain-bee-plant","tag-stellula-calliope"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2876.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2qs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15413,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/07\/17\/calliope-hummingbird-cleared-for-lift-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":9328,"position":0},"title":"Calliope Hummingbird cleared for lift off","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I never seem to get caught up processing all of my images but I picked this Calliope Hummingbird image to process and share this morning.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Calliope Hummingbird about to fly, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-wing-lift-mia-mcpherson-1753.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-wing-lift-mia-mcpherson-1753.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-wing-lift-mia-mcpherson-1753.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-wing-lift-mia-mcpherson-1753.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9316,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/08\/29\/calliope-hummingbirds\/","url_meta":{"origin":9328,"position":1},"title":"Calliope Hummingbirds","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I believe these are Calliope Hummingbirds but if I am wrong please do not hesitate to correct me, I don't get upset about things like that.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Calliope Hummingbird feeding on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-1972.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-1972.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-1972.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-1972.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9946,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/10\/23\/calliope-hummingbird-and-rocky-mountain-bee-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":9328,"position":2},"title":"Calliope Hummingbird and Rocky Mountain Bee Plant","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Calliope Hummingbird and Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2027.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2027.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2027.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calliope-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2027.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9356,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/02\/female-black-chinned-hummingbird-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":9328,"position":3},"title":"Female Black-chinned Hummingbird","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Young female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-3632.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-3632.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-3632.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-3632.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9514,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/21\/pretty-in-pink-black-chinned-hummingbird\/","url_meta":{"origin":9328,"position":4},"title":"Pretty in Pink – Black-chinned Hummingbird","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, I made it through another week. Bird photography has been slow down here in the valley but there are signs migration is picking up. There was a decided nip to the air yesterday morning and I saw some frost on the ground while heading towards Antelope Island.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pretty in Pink \u2013 Black-chinned Hummingbird, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2690.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2690.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2690.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-mia-mcpherson-2690.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15649,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/08\/15\/a-female-black-chinned-hummingbird-and-a-bee-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":9328,"position":5},"title":"Female Black-chinned Hummingbird And A Bee Plant","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The brief appearance of this Black-chinned Hummingbird delighted me yesterday as she fed on the Rocky Mountain Bee Plant.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Female Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding with insect \"friends\", Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-female-mia-mcpherson-4008.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-female-mia-mcpherson-4008.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-female-mia-mcpherson-4008.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-chinned-hummingbird-female-mia-mcpherson-4008.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}