Insects – Feathered Photography

Female Black-chinned Hummingbird Nectaring on Trumpet Vine

Extracting nectar from a tubular trumpet vine flower isn’t easy, even if you have a very long bill. (15 photos)

Another Reason To Absolutely Adore Chickadees

They raid wasp nests for larvae and pupae. How adorable is that? (5 photos)

Young Loggerhead Shrike Learning How To Impale Prey

I finally got my act together. (4 photos)

Flame Skimmer Borrowing A Hunting Technique From Red-tailed Hawks

Or maybe it was the other way around. (7 photos)

Finally, A Juvenile Male Black-chinned Hummingbird

Including some of the stinging insects hummingbirds encounter while they’re nectaring on flowers. (6 photos)

Black-chinned Hummingbird – Bee Wars

Several species of bees love my trumpet vine as much as hummingbirds do, which sets the stage for conflict. (11 photos)

Song Sparrow With Grub For The Kiddos

How do they do that? (3 photos)

A Midge Smorgasbord At Bear River MBR

Everyone seemed to be eating midges, including me. (10 photos)

Yoon Lee – An Update

A much-needed pick-me-up.

Hummingbird And Hummingbird Moth In The Same Photo

A twofer.

The Reincarnation Of Two Of My Favorite Photos

I took one of them and the other one I didn’t. One’s a bird and the other one isn’t.

A Sphinx Moth And Friends

Only rarely does a single photo of mine have so many positive attributes.

Hummingbird Wars And Sphinx Moths At The Bee Plant Patch

I finally found some birds yesterday, with a few White-lined Sphinx Moths thrown in for good measure.

Honey Bee Pollen Baskets – Packed To The Popping Point

I wasn’t impressed with most of the bird photos I took yesterday morning but I thought these honey bee photos were pretty interesting.

A Few Recent Birds And An Outlier

Seven species of birds and the almost obligatory butterfly this time of year.

Category: Insects