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.
Common Sunflower with a bee and a midge
Title: Common Sunflower with a bee and a midge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Common Sunflower with a skipper butterfly
Title: Common Sunflower with a skipper butterfly
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Common Sunflower with two bee species
Title: Common Sunflower with two bee species
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Common Sunflower plus a pollen covered bee
Title: Common Sunflower plus a pollen covered bee
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Common Sunflower hug
Title: Common Sunflower hug
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native
Common Sunflower and a fly
Title: Common Sunflower and a fly
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Common Sunflower with a Blister Beetle
Title: Common Sunflower with a Blister Beetle
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Common Sunflower, Blister Beetle, two flies and a bee
Title: Common Sunflower, Blister Beetle, two flies and a bee
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Native […]
Ripe serviceberries close up
Title: Ripe serviceberries close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2022
Native
Serviceberry close up
Title: Serviceberry close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2022
Native
Not quite ripe serviceberry close up
Title: Not quite ripe serviceberry close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2022
Native
Ripening Western Chokecherries
Title: Ripening Western Chokecherries
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2022
Native
Flatbud Prickly Poppy – Faded beauty
Title: Flatbud Prickly Poppy – Faded beauty
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 8/8/2022
Native
Young Green-tailed Towhee posing in a serviceberry
Title: Young Green-tailed Towhee posing in a serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/31/2022
Native
Common Mullein close up
Title: Common Mullein close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/20/2022
Non-native
Focusing on Blue Elderberry blooms
Title: Focusing on Blue Elderberry blooms
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/11/2022
Native
Blue Elderberry blossoms in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Blue Elderberry blossoms in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/11/2022
Native
Blooming Blue Elderberry close up
Title: Blooming Blue Elderberry close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/11/2022
Native
Silvery Lupine blossom spike
Title: Silvery Lupine blossom spike
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2022
Native
Wild Rose and buds in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Wild Rose and buds in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2022
Probably native Wood’s Rose