Monarch Butterflies

Monarch Butterflies and Rocky Mountain Bee Plants in Northern Utah

By |2022-10-08T10:05:36-06:00August 5th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last year I found plenty of Monarch Butterflies on the Rocky Mountain Bee Plants on Antelope Island and they were a delight to photograph as they fluttered around going from flower to flower sipping nectar from the delicate blossoms.

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant & Monarch Butterfly In Flight

By |2022-10-08T10:05:58-06:00August 23rd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Photographing birds while they are flying can be challenging and photographing Monarch Butterflies in flight can be just as challenging to do too.

Black-chinned & Rufous Hummingbirds, White-lined Sphinx Moths and Monarch Butterflies

By |2022-10-08T10:15:05-06:00August 18th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rocky Mountain Bee Plants are blooming all over the Salt Lake Valley right now and those beautiful, spider-like flowers are attracting hummingbirds, moths, butterflies, bees and a host of insects.

Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island State Park – The Wildlife

By |2020-05-05T11:54:54-06:00January 24th, 2012|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Black-tailed Jackrabbits, Brine Flies, Coyotes, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Mule Deer, North American Porcupines, Pronghorn, Utah, Western Spotted Orbweaver, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is part 2 of my three part series on Wild and Wonderful Antelope Island State Park and it covers some of the wildlife that can be found howling, grazing, buzzing and posing for my camera.

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