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I waited 40 minutes while this guy and a friend circled but wouldn't participate in my photo shot. Finally, eleven minutes seventeen seconds of feeding frenzy followed by this face to face bow and exit!
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Heinz NWR. Not a very good shot because he is very small and was far away, but it's not often that you see a hummingbird perched in a tree.
I was hoping to capture a few feeding on flowers in my garden but they were all about the feeder today.
A close-up shot of a female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in the early morning light
Taken 9/10/2012 | Pentax K-5 | Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm | f/4.5 | 1/60 sec | ISO 200 | #3106
Female (age?), late date. Note narrow, pointed outer primary (P10) feather. Shelton, Connecticut, USA. 28 October 2016. © Frank Mantlik 2016
Our females haven’t arrived yet, but this year we have two male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds that appear to be claiming our backyard as their territory. So far neither one of them seems willing to cede the territory. And while they have been engaging in the typical “hummingbird wars”, I’ve also seen the two of them feeding at a single feeder at one time, as well as just sitting near each other. Time will tell if they both stay here, or if one will lose the territorial war. What will happen when the girls arrive?
Photography note — overcast days are great for capturing the male’s brilliant iridescent red throat. On a sunny day it is very difficult to capture the details in the throat feathers; they just get blown out with reflected light. But in soft light, as with today’s total cloud cover, you can easily capture the details.