Hummingbird preening, not an easy job!

04/11/2015 Ash Canyon B&B, Cochise Co., AZ.

Hummingbird in the garden of Santa Catalina Monasterio - Arequipa - Peru

De mannetjeskolibrie is bont, meestal metaalachtig groen gekleurd, met een glanzend rode, blauwe of smaragdgroene keelkleur. Het vrouwtje is onopvallend gekleurd.

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Hummingbirds drink nectar, a sweet liquid inside certain flowers. Like bees, they are able to assess the amount of sugar in the nectar they eat; they reject flower types that produce nectar that is less than 10% sugar and prefer those whose sugar content is stronger.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird

Rufous and Broad-tailed

A shy hummingbird made several trips to my backyard feeder before he let me get close enough to capture this photo

Hummingbird

Taken on my land in Eastern Wshington.

Recommend viewing full-sized or on black --- My backyard

Shooting hummingbird from my backyard is a waiting game,

Nikon D300 - Industar И-51 210mm 1:4.5 on PB-4 Bellows - 1/800 sec - f/8 - ISO 400

My yard, Boulder County, Colorado. Still hanging around on 17 October!

More shots of the hummingbirds in our garden taken while I was working on fixing our decking this afternoon...

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird on a feeder shot at twilight with a flash.

After an early evening shower, this male hummingbird was enjoying an evening of bug hunting.

Sutton Estate,Marshall's Pen

Volcan Baru "Road", Boquette, Chiriqui, Panama 6 Feb 2014

Hummingbirds. Costa Rica.

You can see his little white pin feathers on his face

I will identify it later. This is probably my favorite shot.

Calypte anna

Calliope or Broad-tailed Hummingbird