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Sometimes it's peculiarity not quality that piques my interest in a picture. This photo leaves me with the question, How many toes does a Hummingbird have? Also, the way the Hummer merely drags her feet along as dead weights makes me wonder if swimmers couldn't take the hint that all their kicking is a dreadful waste of energy.
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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.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird, feeding on a Firecracker Fern between the rain showers at Green Spring Gardens Park
Shot 3 in set from Wakanki Orquidiario - Golden-tailed Sapphire with other unidentified hummingbird behind. I couldn't have asked them to line up better than this.
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Actually, this came out pretty well considering I wasn't prepared to shoot humming birds on this evening at a friend's house.
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin), photographed by a back garden feeder in San Jose, California.