gorget – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Morning Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird Drama

By Mia McPherson|August 5th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Archilochus colubris, blur, branch, feeder, garden, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, low light, male, morning, perched, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, stick, summer, twig, urban, wings, yard|

Early yesterday morning, I had a handsome male Ruby-throated Hummingbird in my viewfinder. Suddenly, another hummingbird flew in, putting him on high alert.

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Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird In My Viewfinder

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Archilochus colubris, branch, feeder, garden, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, low light, male, perched, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, stick, stuck out, summer, tongue, twig, urban, yard|

I finally have male Ruby-throated Hummingbird photos that I am happy with. It's about time, isn't it? He isn't a lifer; I've photographed this species before.

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My 2022 Year In Review

By Mia McPherson|December 31st, 2022|Categories: American Kestrels, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Box Elder County, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, Horned Grebes, Morgan County, Ring-billed Gulls, Rock Wrens, Ruffed Grouse, Tundra Swans, Utah, Warbling Vireos, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, American Kestrel, Aquila chrysaetos, autumn, background, berries, Bewick's Swan, bill, birds of prey, Black-billed Magpie, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Bonasa umbellus, boulder, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Bubo virginianus, building, canyon, close up, corvids, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Davis County, desert, dirt, eagle, eagles, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, fall, farmlands, female, fledgling, flight, flock, flowering, flowering shrub, flying, forest edge, fruiting shrub, fruits, fruting shrubs, Golden Eagle, gorget, Great Horned Owl, grebe, grebes, grouse, gull, gulls, Horned Grebe, hummingbird, hummingbirds, immature, juvenile, kestrel, kestrels, Larus delawarensis, lichen, lores, magpie, magpies, male, marsh, mountains, nest, nest box, nesting, nonbreeding plumage, owl, owls, perched, Pica hudsonia, Podiceps auritus, raptors, rare, reflection, Ring-billed Gull, riparian habitat, road, roadside, rock, Rock Wren, rocks, Ruffed Grouse, Salpinctes obsoletus, Selasphorus platycercus, serviceberries, serviceberry, Setophaga petechia, shrub, spring, stink-eye, summer, swan, swans, thicket, tree, Tundra Swans, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, vagrant, warbler, warblers, water, waterbirds, waterfowl, wetlands, willow, willow thicket, willows, winter, winter plumage, wood-warbler, wood-warblers, wren, wrens, Yellow Warbler, young|

On this last day of the year it is time for my annual 2022 Year in Review post. In some ways 2022 has been great for me and in others not so good.

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird Male Flashing His Gorget

By Mia McPherson|June 7th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, flowering shrub, forestr edge, fruiting shrub, gorget, gummingbird, hummingbirds, male, mountains, perched, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, serviceberry, shrub, tree, Utah Serviceberry|

I thought I would share a few photos of a adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbird I took high in the Wasatch Mountains last week as he flashed his gorget.

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Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird And His Colorful Gorget

By Mia McPherson|June 3rd, 2022|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, bloom, blooming, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, colorful, flowering, forest edge, gorget, hummingbird, male, mountains, perched, Selasphorus platycercus, serviceberry, shrub, spring, tree, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|

This male Broad-tailed Hummingbird showing his colorful gorget was just one of many highlights of my morning yesterday spent with a dear friend high in the mountains.

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Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird In A Strong Breeze Plus A Favorite Perch

By Mia McPherson|May 13th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: behavior, branch, breeze, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, calling, colorful, favorite perch, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, landing, male, mountains, perched, preference, Selasphorus platycercus, specific locations, stiff, strong, take off, taking off, tongue, upright, year after year|

When the male Broad-tailed Hummingbird had had enough of getting bounced around he took off in a hurry with the wind fluffing up his upper chest feathers and the right side of his colorful gorget.

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Photographing Broad-tailed Hummingbirds In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 4th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, favorite perch, female, gorget, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, landing, Lonicera involucrata, male, perched, photograph, photographing, Selasphorus platycercus, wildflowers|

I had more fun photographing Broad-tailed Hummingbirds in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning, probably more fun than should be legal.

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Landing Broad-tailed Hummingbird Male Displaying His Colorful Gorget

By Mia McPherson|June 25th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: adult, branch, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, favorite perch, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, landing, male, mountains, Selasphorus platycercus|

Knowing that this is a favorite perch has given me opportunities I might have missed if I hadn't been paying attention to the behavior of this tiny Broad-tailed Hummingbird since their arrival this spring.

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