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Hummingbird hawk-moths are found in Britain during most of the summer.

 

They take their name from having similar feeding patterns to hummingbirds and also because they beat their wings so fast that they actually emit an audible "hum".

San Francisco Botanical Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.

Identification of the bird as Rufous Hummingbird was peer-reviewed. Please refer to the photo of Rufous Hummingbird with tail spread. [Sixth photo prior to this one.] It could be an adult female or immature male.

I'll have to plant more State Fair zinnias next year. Hummingbirds and other pollinators appreciate the accessibility of the nectar, unlike with the double-bloom varieties, such as Benary's Giant.

backyard hummingbirds

These little hummingbirds are very cute and very curious. This little fella seemed as interested in me or my camera as I was in taking a photo of him. Who doesn't love hummingbirds???

Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Fancy Gap, Virginia

 

Bird Species (# 201) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000

Rufous Hummingbird Hatching at Delta BC Canada

 

Camera Information:

Model: Sony NEX-6, Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 210mm, ISO: 3200

Lens: LA-EA1 + Sony 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Alpha A-Mount Telephoto Zoom Lens (SAL55300).

Calliope hummingbird (male) in flight near feeder. [4-5569]

 

This is the first time I have seen one of these colorful fellows. He was quite a bit smaller than the other hummingbirds that have been frequenting my yard (Anna's, rufous, Allen's, and black-chinned). My daughter suggested that it could be an "Elsa's hummingbird," since it looks a little like an Anna's hummingbird...

 

Thank you to Engilis Photos for confirming the identification.

 

Strobist Info: SB-800 at 1/8 in mini-softbox from above camera right. Bare SB-700 at 1/64 from beneath. Phottix Strato II wireless trigger on SB-700 with sync cord from trigger to SB-800.

 

My other hummingbird photos can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/92747424@N05/albums/72157643388058603

Firey-throated Hummingbird

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Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR

1/400s f/4.0 at 240.0mm iso400

Female or juvenile Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) hovering near a feeder. This is the latest yard bully that tries to chase the other birds away from my feeders.

 

Additional observations from other photos of the same bird (not visible in this photo): (1) there are a few red feathers in the center of its gorget; (2) likely female based on green bands on its R2 tail feathers; and (3) distinguished from rufous hummingbird by lack of notched or pinched tip to R2 tail feather.

 

Lighting Info: Two Canon 540EZs at 1/32, ganged in a shoot-through umbrella from slightly above subject, camera right. Silver reflector (foil) below subject, camera left. SB-800 at 1/32 (-1/3) onto backdrop (fleece jacket). Phottix Strato II wireless triggers on the 540EZs. SB-800 in optical slave mode.

 

My other hummingbird photos can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/92747424@N05/albums/72157643388058603

Rufous Hummingbird

Thought would nip back and enjoy my images of Hummingbirds that I photographed last July/August and share with you.

This was when the rain came down, but that's another reason they call the area rain forest!!

the Hummingbird was sheltering under cover, but was still getting wet with me!

Volcano Hummingbird in Flight

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Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR

1/2000s f/4.0 at 330.0mm iso500

Magnificent Hummingbird

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Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR

1/125s f/8.0 at 340.0mm iso320

Annas' Hummingbird is a medium sized stocky hummingbird native to the west coast of North America. this bird was named after Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli

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Saw this little sweetie at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Juvy Anna's hummingbird I'm thinking. Such a tiny bird - about the size of a large human's thumb. I'm fascinated by these little hovering ovals of energy. Signs of Spring Studio 26 Assignment Candidate

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Backyard bokeh. (Calypte Anna)

  

EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

0.002 sec (1/500) @ f/5.6

FL 300 mm, ISO 250

 

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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum / Pima County, Arizona

 

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Photo taken in Okinawa, Japan.

 

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I took this picture at my sister's house where she always has at least two feeders out and attracts large quantities of hummingbirds.

  

Lighting stuff: I learned the lighting that I used here from a book by Linda Robbins called The Hummingbird Guide. Her method is to use a minimum of 5 to 6 strobes, a supplied background, and photograph the birds in the shade so that you don't have to overpower the sunlight. When you use multiple strobes on a subject in the shade you can use lower power settings for each flash which results in shorter flash durations which means it freezes the wing blur. The backdrop is a painting my wife did for this purpose. I used 6 Yongnuo strobes because I wanted to use identical manual power output for each flash . One strobe was pointed at the background, one was underneath the feeder, and the other 4 strobes surrounded the feeder. The strobes were all at around 1/32nd power, in manual mode, and were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N., and you can see the EXIF info on the side. This method is the only way that I've been able to photograph one of these birds with little, or no, wing blur. I've finally learned to pre-focus on a spot near the feeder, using Live View, so that the birds are usually all in focus. I can then sit farther away from the feeder and trigger the strobes and the camera remotely. Down below in the first comment, you can see a picture of the setup that I used on that particular day.

 

I've taken quite a few pictures of hummers over the years and put them an album creatively called Hummingbirds.

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hummingbirds only pass through my garden in the spring heading northwards, and again in the late summer on their migration south. I rarely see them in the springtime though I put out the feeder faithfully, but at the end of august into september I am usually rewarded with a few sightings. It could be just one lone bird that visits, but I am delighted when it does :-)

Enjoy the Feeders 08-25-2017

My first hummingbird "session" of 2017. I probably spent an hour watching this hummer chase around as I tried to grab focus.

Resting between feeding bursts

backyard hummingbirds

sorry for the tight crop....just uploading here so I can share on my Instagram page @craftygramx3

Annas Hummingbird feeding on the nectar from Crocosmia

These wee guys are the smallest songbirds in North America

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