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These little guys will be leaving us soon so have to take as many shots as I can while they're still here.
Back home again - the Hummingbird visiting in bright sunlight.
I would have liked to have had some at even higher shutter speed but they come and go so quickly.
The purple behind her is our Rhodedendrum bush.
Whee! We just returned from an Aperture Academy workshop in Costa Rica. Not surprisingly, one focus was to photograph hummingbirds. You might say I was in hummingbird heaven.
This was taken in Bosque de Paz, or Forest of Peace, which is a large private biological reserve. It is located on on the Continental Divide between Costa Rica's National Poas Volcano Park and National Juan Castro Blanco Water Park. There are many feeders just outside the lodge, so all we had to do was step outside to have hummingbirds whizzing around us.
Of course, the feeders made the photography a bit challenging, trying to get shots without the feeder in the frame. Every once in a while, I got lucky.
This is a male Violet Sabrewing. He was the largest of the many hummingbirds here, but amongst the hardest to capture. I have only cropped this from the left and right sides - vertically, this is full frame!
Even when you know where the feeder is these buggers are tough to catch. They flit around and drive each other away quickly. Even the shots where I missed the focus are interesting with the bird shapes in the distance.
This Green Violetear Hummingbird was perched in the gardens by the Savegre Mountain Hotel.
For range map, summary, and much other information:
avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=526...
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Violetear
For more about the hotel: www.savegre.co.cr/indexeng.html
Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, March 4, 2011.
Magnificent Hummingbird
Eugenes fulgens
The admirable hummingbird or Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) is a large hummingbird. Some taxonomic authorities, such as the International Ornithological Committee, split the magnificent hummingbird into two species, in which case the nominate fulgens is rename Rivoli's hummingbird, and spectabilis is named the admirable hummingbird. Other taxonomic authorities have not recognized the split. The admirable hummingbird's range is Costa Rica to Panama.
Change the name of the monotypic group Eugenes fulgens fulgens from Magnificent Hummingbird (Northern) to Magnificent Hummingbird (Rivoli’s).
Change the name of the monotypic group Eugenes fulgens spectabilis from Magnificent Hummingbird (Costa Rican) to Magnificent Hummingbird (Admirable).
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.
This little guy is getting new feathers. He's also guarding his territory. There are only 5 or 6 hummers around right now. Some stay through the winter. As soon as another would fly into the front yard, he chased them off. They made me flinch a couple of times. Thought they were going to run into me. Posted a couple more of him following this one.
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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