This hummingbird has been coming and going all day. He's extremely shy and very quick. I didn't know that hummingbirds make noise until today, but they do. They chirp like other birds.

Fun fact of the day: a hummingbird's wings beat 60-80 times per second.

Ardenwood Historic Farm

Canon 7D Mark II | Canon 55 - 250

Our rental house had about 30 hummingbird feeders on the grounds. We saw so many birds this week.

Switched to a zoom lens

Hummingbird hawk moth on red valerian in Trinity, Jersey.

When: December 19, 2003;

Where: Orange County, CA;

What: Hiking in Santiago Regional Park

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More hummingbird pictures. I am running out of ways to compose these to make them look different, so I am not sure how many more will get posted.

This is one of a few hummingbirds that fly around our back door every day. IMG_0080

Mom's Garden, Day before Mother's Day.

Week 38 theme is "depth of field". I shot this in our backyard with a 200mm 2'8 Nikon lens. Cropped in Lightroom 3.

Female Ruby throated Hummingbird. She seemed to love getting her picture taken. The flash didn't bother her at all. She stayed as calm as could be,drank then looked at me, then repeated. She kept coming back at different times during the shoot and acted the same way.

Likely a black-chinned hummingbird really enjoying the water sprinkler as I watered trees in my yard. Montell, Uvalde County.

This Ruby-throated Hummingbird has been hanging out on my Mexican Sunflowers all day. Something is not quite right with it. Maybe the heat has gotten to it, maybe something worse. It's a little slow and hardly scared of me. It's been sitting on the flowers all day. Hopefully, it'll be OK. Regardless, I'm thankful it allowed me to get the best photo I could possibly get of a Hummingbird, and I'm happy I've been able to provide a spot for it to rest and eat. If you want Hummingbirds, Mexican Sunflowers are the way to go. I've grown them for two years now and they really bring in the Hummingbirds, Bumble Bees and butterflies, specifically Monarchs and Swallowtails.

Does this clothespin make me look fat?

Philadelphia, P.a.,6/16/2013

Taken in Alden

Got to snatch some photos at my grandma's house. The hummingbirds there are fearless!

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are weighed, banded and catalogued, before being released. These birds will make a 2,100 mile journey to Central America. They do NOT "hitch rides" on the backs of larger birds, as this is a myth. These were photographed at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs, Mississippi during the annual celebration.

backyard hummingbirds

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird among the feeders at the Pinery Visitors' Centre.

Hummingbird at 1/16000s

(ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS)-FIELD MARKS-metallic green above adult male has brilliant red throat, black chin, whitish underparts, dusky green sides- female has whitish throat;grayish below,buffy wash on sides.