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Selasphorus flammula
This tiny Volcano Hummingbird delighted us on the last morning of our October Costa Rica trip. This one is a female and spent lots of time at these beautiful purple flowers, it was impossible to resist taking lots of photos.
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I'm back and catching up! Can't wait to see all my Flickr friends new photos. We still have quite a few hummingbirds in our area.
Thanks so much for the faves and nice comments!
The hummingbirds continue to gracefully zoom and hover around the feeders and flowers.
Los colibrÃes continúan zumbando y cerniéndose elegantemente en el aire alrededor de los comederos y las flores.
Firey-throated Hummingbird
RJB Colours of Costa Rica Tour
Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/125s f/4.0 at 350.0mm iso250
Natural Light only for all of my nature imaging.
I couldn't resist the opportunity to try and capture a hummingbird in flight whilst in St Lucia. However with so many plants in bloom and the speed with which these small birds travel it wasn't easy. This shot taken early in the morning of a female Antillean Crested Hummingbird was the best I could manage.
This hummingbird was run off by 2 others shortly after this was snapped out the window...nothing unusual about that.
We have started to see them over the past week or so.
Sue put up some newly acquired feeders today which now total 4. We found a super buy on them this morning at the local TSC. (Tractor Supply Store Canada)
They were quickly pressed into use.
Photographing hummingbirds in the shade, use single focus point and place on the eye, find bird that will stay in one place for a second or two, use camera with eight fps or faster, use a fast lens with a close focus distance, I use an extension tube to get down to eight feet from ten.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.... I think this maybe a juvie. I've had a little time to sit out with these guys and observe them. There is 2 adult males, which I am very surprised. I have never seen 2 males in our yard at once. I put out 3 feeders this year and put them all very far apart. There is also a female and at least one juvie that I have seen so far.
I don't like to photograph hummingbirds at the feeder but I liked the lighting on this bird. They didn't give me any other opportunities. Photographed this evening just before sundown. They landed within arms length after after I put my camera aside and after it was almost dark on a perch where I wanted to photograph them. Maybe another day. IMG_4265
Having been on a whirlwind vacation with family for the last week, I rested in the backyard on this Labor Day and was rewarded with a visit from this fine male RTH.
A hummingbird clearwing moth gathering nectar. They have hummingbird in their name because their wings beat fast like a humming birds and you need a fast shutter speed to see the wings.
We usually have a few hummers every year...this year it seems we only have one skittish female that visits here and there. Yesterday I took my camera out in the backyard to have near me in the event she showed while we were eating lunch...much to my surprise, she made my day with a visit to the lantana hanging basket and also to my crocosomia lucifer.