preference

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.

Willow Flycatcher In Creek-side Willows

By Mia McPherson|June 12th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: adult, branches, canyon, creek, creek side, Empidonax traillii, Empids, fine details, flycatcher, flycatchers, habitats, leaves, mountains, perched, plumage, preference, territory, willow, Willow Flycatcher, willows|

My persistence and knowledge of a Willow Flycatcher's territory paid off again yesterday morning when the flycatcher flew in close and landed on a willow branch not far from where I sat in my Jeep.