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Last year we visited Cape May in NJ during spring migration. On first day at Belleplain Forest we got to see our first Hummingbird and we spent some good amount of time viewing and photographing a pair.
A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant, tiny, precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun, then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source.By early fall they’re bound for Central America, with many crossing the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight.
it was so cold this morning, i replenished the hummingbirds' food. the feeder hadn't even stopped swinging before a visitor landed.
|| taken December 21, 2017 with Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM at 200, ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at f/4.0 with 0 EV, ISO 3200 || Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland
This is the first Hummingbird I have seen this year. Two of them were fighting over rights to the nectar feeder in my yard.
The commonest western Hummingbird but one can never tire of looking at it or photographing it. When the head and gorget catch the light at the right angle, there's nothing quite like it ... Ed Levin County Park, Milpita, CA. April 11, 2010.
