Centennial, Wyoming

Hummingbirds (27 Aug 16)

This guy caught my eye as he perched outside my den window. He stayed around several minutes.

Black Canyon City, AZ

Hummingbird

broad tailed hummingbird

As I was strolling around my backyard gardens, I noticed this determined little ruby throated hummingbird was very angry with a yellow swallowtail for drinking her nectar.

@ home, Ukiah, CA

It can be difficult capturing these little birds perched, which only weigh an average of about 3 grams. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is migratory, spending most of the winter in southern Mexico, Central America as far south as South America, and the West Indies.

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are solitary. Adults of this species typically only come into contact for the purpose of mating, and both males and females of any age aggressively defend feeding locations within their territory. The aggressiveness becomes most pronounced in late summer to early fall as they fatten up for migration. Some of these birds weigh as much as 7.5+ grams in preparation for the migration. (*various sources)

Photographed at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

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Another multi-flashed hummingbird - this time a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

by Doug Santo

Madera Canyon

Arizona

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My yard in Pennsylvania June 10 2012

Fending off a challenger that wants to remove it from the top of the stick.

hummingbird going in for the kill

Immature Ruby-throated Hummingbird

female anna's hummingbird?

Hummingbird Finca Alejandria Colombia 2017

Male Anna's hummingbird

Ash Canyon B&B (Wed noon-dusk; dawn-dusk other days), Cochise County, Arizona, US

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird.

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Costa Rica has many hummingbird species such as this Scintillant Hummingbird found at middle elevations.

Rufous Hummingbird

I was trying to entice this ruby-throated hummingbird to take nectar from this yellow lantana. This is as close as it would come.

Trataba de atraer este colibrí gorjirrubí para que tomara néctar de esta lantana amarilla. Esto representa qué tan de cerca llegaba el colibrí a la planta.

Tijuana River Valley, IB

looks like a hummingbird

I worked this guy for a while trying to get him to flash that brilliant gorget and those head feathers. Almost every image has one or the other, but only this one had both!

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A very small tongue protrudes from the beak of a female Ruby-throated hummingbird. I have had lots of fun photographing these petite wonders.

A visitor at, not a resident of, the Lehigh Valley Zoo.

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Within hours of putting up a Hummingbird feeder in early May, I had a couple of these pretty little visitors. Throughout the last few weeks, there have been several, including what I believe might be a least one youngster. They never cease to fill me with awe and joy!!