The red hues of the Crocosmia almost dominate the tiny female Rufous Hummingbird. Photo by my husband, Howard Marsh, with the 500mm on the new sturdy—but lightweight—Manfrotto monopod with gimbal device.

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Rufous Hummingbird showing off the beautiful colors on its tail feathers.

Flying around the hanging baskets backyard Isle Lake Alberta

Isle Lake Alberta

Archilochus colubris, female. Columbia, South Carolina. USA

Checking me and the flowers out in the garden. Isle lake Alberta

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Rufus tailed Hummingbird, taken at dusk in Arenal, Costa Rica.

An extremely rare hummingbird in the United States

Panama Rainforest.

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This broad-tailed hummingbird (whoohoo - lifer!) danced among the fairy dusters for quite some time. Usually hummingbirds enjoy more conical flowers but these fairy dusters definitely hold appeal. Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix

At a bird feeder Spanish Hills, Galiano Island, BC., Canada

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I'm simply fascinated watching hummingbirds with their fast action, aerobatics, and hovering skills. This exposure at 1/250th of a second and the wings are just a blur. Imagine the twitch muscles that must be involved. If you zoom in, you can see the head is steady and sharp, but the body is and wings are a blur to keep that hover steady. It's easy to understand why they're called "humming" birds - the wing action is so fast, they literally hum through the air. Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ

Community Garden, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

This species is not as dominant as the Black-chinned and Broad-billed in Southeast Arizona, but they are not terribly hard to find. This single bird was drawing nectar from a feeder that several broad-tails were using. I noticed that it would perch for a second or two on a particular twig, so I aimed and waited. A single shot in a burst was a keeper.

Rio Santiago, Honduras

Photographed in my back yard, Yakima County, Washington. IMG_0072

Mission District, San Francisco, CA.

A Hummingbird resting in NB, Canada

A female Calliope Hummingbird with a strand of spider web attached to her head and beak.

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The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a charismatic species from Andean South America. It is found from Venezuela and Colombia in the north to Bolivia in the south. The species belongs to a monotypic genus, Ensifera, and is quite different from all other hummingbirds; metallic green and bronzed overall, with a black bill that is slightly upcurved and longer than the body length. This is the only bird species with a bill length that exceeds the body length. When seen perched, the species usually holds its bill quite upright, presumably because of balance issues stemming from this long and relatively heavy structure.

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For me one of the most amazing hummingbirds of Ecuador! Taken at the amazing Zuro Loma Reserve.

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Colibrí azul en Selvatura (Monteverde, Costa Rica).

Colorado Springs, CO

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Hummingbird Silhouette a reedit on a previous upload nice soft colors of nature, in this North Carolina scene.

A female Calliope Hummingbird gathers nesting materials from a cattail.

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The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a species from South America and has the longest bill of any Trochilidae species, I almost forgot to press the shutter on the camera when I first saw it.. Usually found in forests at high elevations, I believe this one to be a female.

A hummingbird moth samples wildflower nectar in the Three Sisters Wilderness of central Oregon.

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This hummingbird is approaching what we call the "basement," one of the many branches they enjoy perching on.

Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside. Its wings are transparent with a reddish-brown border

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