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With the temperatures dropping to mid single digits over night the last three nights , these will be the last that we see here, the makes have been gone for several weeks already.
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Pic taken Aug 29, 2023
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What a delight to see this hummingbird, sometimes hovering above and sometimes sitting on the mirror of our motor home - maybe trying for a glimpse of him or herself in the mirror-like finish on top?
I don't have my bird books with me, but am pretty sure it is a Rufous Hummingbird. (18-06-02-0884)
Hummingbird photos I took today using 2 external flashes at 1/32 power all manual, Very Difficult but I like today's results.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.
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I am glad the Hummingbirds are still in our area, but soon they will begin their epic migration south.
Macroglossum stellatarum
Canon EOS 5DS R
TAMRON 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010
ƒ/6.3 300.0 mm 1/4000 2500
The dominant males are gone so this immature male has taken up his guard post on the spent flower head guarding one feeder all day. They will be here for a couple more weeks before departing for central america.
Have a great week my friends! ~Sam
Only the young www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUNYdwNgfDk&index=1&list=...
I planted lantana in my backyard years ago and now I have a few neighborhood hummingbirds that visit on a daily basis. They have a routine that they follow and when they are feeding, I will see them circle around the neighborhood every few minutes.
I recently purchased a new 600mm lens and haven't had any luck finding wildlife to take pictures with it yet and decided to capture the neighborhood hummingbirds. It took me a few tries to get used to how the lens shoots and get the settings to where I could get some decent shots. After I was done shooting, my dad gave me some more advice that will make the next session even better.
These flowers were in a tree in my next-door neighbor's backyard. Today they were more interested in these flowers than my lantana. They were a pretty good distance away and I was very pleased with the way I was able to crop the image and keep the quality.