Flowers, shrubs and trees, seeds and leaves.
Long before I became a bird photographer one of my passions was photographing flowers whether they were cultivated or wild. Some of my first digital images taken with my Sony Mavica were of flowers and flowering shrubs and trees that I grew in my backyard. That seems so very long ago and many cameras ago too.
Some of these photos also include birds, animals, insects, spiders and bees that were on the plant, shrub, or tree when I photographed them.
Plants, trees, shrubs, bushes, and wildflowers that are native are noted as such below, introduced nonnatives are noted as nonnative. Garden variety and cultivated plants and flowers are not noted.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my photos of flowers, shrubs and tree photos.
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Native
Serviceberry shrub beginning to bloom
Title: Serviceberry shrub beginning to bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Native
Blooming Golden Currant
Title: Blooming Golden Currant
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2019
Native
Blooming Wax Currant in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Blooming Wax Currant in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Native
Red Admiral Butterfly nectaring on Wax Currant
Title: Red Admiral Butterfly nectaring on Wax Currant
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2019
Native
Male Burrowing Owl and Redstem Filaree in bloom
Title: Male Burrowing Owl and Redstem Filaree in bloom
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2019
Red-stem Filaree is non-native, invasive
Westwater tumble mustard or Blue mustard blooming in the West Desert of Utah
Title: Westwater tumble mustard or Blue mustard blooming in the West Desert of Utah
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/17/2019
Blooming purple wildflowers in the West Desert of Utah
Title: Blooming purple wildflowers in the West Desert of Utah
Location: West Desert, Utah
Date: 4/17/2019
Wildflowers blooming in Utah’s West Desert
Title: Wildflowers blooming in Utah’s West Desert
Location: West Desert, Utah
Date: 4/17/2019
Sky Island Mountains and a wildflower bloom
Title: Sky Island Mountains and a wildflower bloom
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/17/2019
West Desert wildflower blooms
Title: West Desert wildflower blooms
Location: West Desert, Utah
Date: 4/17/2019
Douglas Fir cone in morning light
Title: Douglas Fir cone in morning light
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/10/2018
Native
Curlycup Gumweed next to a road
Title: Curlycup Gumweed next to a road
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/11/2018
Native
Bee Fly on Curlycup Gumweed
Title: Bee Fly on Curlycup Gumweed
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/11/2018
Native
Bee Fly nectaring on Curlycup Gumweed
Title: Bee Fly nectaring on Curlycup Gumweed
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/11/2018
Native
Curlycup Gumweed with a Bee Fly
Title: Curlycup Gumweed with a Bee Fly
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/11/2018
Native
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant with a Bee
Title: Rocky Mountain Bee Plant with a Bee
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/2/2018
Native
Canada Thistle – Lettuce from hell thistle
Title: Canada Thistle – Lettuce from hell thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/8/2018
Non-native
Utah Serviceberries in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Utah Serviceberries in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2018
Native
Immature Song Sparrow feeding on Serviceberry berries
Title: Immature Song Sparrow feeding on Serviceberry berries
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/5/2018
Native