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Mr. HelloYarn got all David Attenborough on the hummingbirds today and waited until they bravely came near to drink so he could take photos.
They're funny little buggers, starting fights with each other and hogging the food.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.
As of yesterday the hummingbird babies have fledged. These were taken in the last couple of days before they left the nest. They got to be quite cute
The best detail I could get from this whole weekend... I was using a 70-200 f2.8 lens borrowed from my brother in law. We were shooting these birds in crossfire so we could be assured that one of us would get the shot!
Hummingbird Clearwing also known as a Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris thysbe) seen in my neighborhood in South Burlington, VT.
Bee balm (Mondarda didyma) is a native mint that is strongly dependent on ruby-throated hummingbirds for pollination. Note the strategic placement of the anthers and pistils.
While I was playing with the GoPro camera I decided to do some playing with the real gear.
I don't know if I could get a photo of a hummingbird that fills the frame any fuller than this image does.
Gear used:
Nikon D3s
Nikon SB900 Flash
Kenko Extension Tubes, stack 36mm, 20mm, 12mm
Nikon 1.4 TCII
Nikon 600 f/4 VRII
Taken at 5.31 meters
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