Photo Of The Day By Tom Barnwell

Photo By Tom Barnwell

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Broadtailed Hummingbirds at Thistle” by Tom Barnwell. Location: Springerville, AZ.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published June 21, 2017

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