We have quite a few hummingbirds in our neighborhood and it's always fun watching them zip around and chase each other as they battle for rights to the best food source. This Anna's Hummingbird was coming in for a drink when we snapped this photo.

Yerrette, St. Joseph, Trinidad

This one was about to zero in on some bees-baum.

Young male

Hummingbird photo in my back yard. I'm not sure if I have all of the hummingbirds in the 6 photos that I uploaded correctly identified. If not, let me know. IMG_2626

Say What?Taken in Snohomish Valley.

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California Nursery Historical Park, Fremont, CA

Bay area我們聽過的看過的蜂鳥中, 體型最大的是Anna's(L 4"/10cm WS 5 1/4"/13cm), 次之是這隻Rufous ( L 3 3/4"/11cm WS 4 1/2" / 11cm)及小巧玲瓏的Allen's( L 3 3/4"/11cm WS 4 1/4"/ 11cm), 再小一點的小不點是Calliope ( L 3 1/4" / 8cm WS 4 1/4" / 11cm). 熟悉"鳥事"的鳥導師說, 蜂鳥是size越小越兇, 否則就沒有生存競爭的空間了.

我已經守候這隻Rufous整整2天了, 親眼看到牠從暗處衝出來驅逐Anna's,追打Allen's!!! 小傢伙真是兇的不得了!!! 動作超快又敏感, 牠好不容易露面吸食花蜜時, 我們只要稍微動一下, 牠馬上飛"射" 到後面就消失了!!!!

牠是migration遷徙的蜂鳥, Anna's和Allen's會停留在我們居住的Bay Area 區域幾個月, 到秋冬才會離開, 但這隻Rufous只是路過, 休息個10天2-3個禮拜就會到Sierra山區去了!!!040316

It's All Mine?

aka Hummingbird moth

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Working the feeder 04-30-2020

Mom and chick resting after lunch..

Garin Regional Park

Hayward,Ca.

Photographed at my home. IMG_3970

He perched here quite a while until a Bluej Jay came and bounced him off the limb

An early morning visitor to the garden at about 7.30am., a hummingbird hawk moth, the second I have seen this week in the garden. Had to use high ISO 6400 to be able to get a shot at 1/2500 sec which still not fast enough, seen here on phlox.

Hummingbirds have returned. They're not skirmishing around the feeder this year (so far). Feeding peacefully. Wonder what the difference is.

Feeding on garlic flower.

Coquitlam, BC.

I went to the Hummingbird Sanctuary yesterday,

they were so many it was so amazing to see, soon will be going south,

I took my first one in 2008,

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Thanks dear Paul for being so hospitable!

Smile on Saturday - Feathered Friends

This was one of our target species on the Arizona Monsoon Birds trip this July, and with patience we ended up doing well. This is the largest hummingbird in the ABA area and is quite impressive to see.

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© Aurora Santiago

...from Costa Rica

Costa Rica

WARNING Feeder shot.

Pretty bleak day out shooting. No owls spotted again, Fort Washington drew a blank.

Back at the bird blind this guy was buzzing around.

I turned down the saturation on the feeder to make it less distracting.

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Will be heading back to hummingbird paradise (Ecuador) this year, would you like to join me? :)

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Female Ruby Throated Humming bird

We have a hummingbird hawkmoth that has been visiting these lavender stems for a few days now. The trouble is that I never quite know when it will appear and also that it flits about so. Of all the shots I took today, this was the only one sharp enough to keep..That was after and hour or two waiting for it. I'll try again if it hangs around.

Image taken at Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wakes, Fl.

Oceanside, NY

- August 31, 2017

Photographed at my home last night in mostly shade and poor light. I got lucky a couple of times but there is lots of noise in this photo. IMG_1290

My third explore, this photo was taken at the Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon, Arizona.

An Anna's Hummingbird, from a week ago, sporting a touch of fall colours.

God’s Tiny Miracle !

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(Hummingbird)

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens

Hummingbird juvenile. "He went THAT way."

The vervain hummingbird is perhaps the second-smallest bird in the world after the smallest, the bee hummingbird, though some other tiny ones are close to it in size. It is about 6 cm (2.4 in) long, including the 1 cm (0.39 in) bill, and weighs about 2 to 2.4 g (0.071 to 0.085 oz).

Hummingbird in Iguazu, Argentina

I am sure everyone is tired of Hummingbirds, but I have quite a few more

SE Florida

Hummingbird

A Hummingbird enjoys the flowers of my garden! They are so swift and very hard to capture. When they come it is always a pleasure to watch!