This photo is on the blog of The Baiting Hollow Hummingbird Sanctuary, please check the link bellow,

bhhummer.blogspot.com/

same bird as the previous shot, I hope to have better luck with more closer shots,

I just love the bright red bill and blue to emerald plumage of the broad-billed hummingbird. This species supposedly eats 1.6 to 1.7x their bodyweight in food each day. And like other hummingbird species their tiny legs and feet are incapable of walking or hopping. Their mobility comes entirely from flight.

Common Hoverfly (Melangyna viridiceps)

This Hoverfly was enjoying a Dandelion Fest.

Marsh Harrier working the reed beds at Rutland Water.

lots of hover shots but challenging with the light

Canon R, CMH-200,Mitutoyo x5.

1/160sec,iso 100.

Helicon, P.S.

Ogglab lighting tunnel.

Mjkzz Ultra rail.

149 shots,@ 20um.

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Carr Mill

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As previously stated on the last photo I posted from this batch, the focal length reported by Exif is incorrect due to my failure to enter the correct focal length of 105mm into the camera, as the lens used had no electronics, sorry folks.

Time for another dragonfly..

A Blue Skimmer, I think, catching the last of the warm sun at the billabong.

I have to be lucky enough that one will pause to hover in a pocket of light, and give me time to focus at long range then zoom in on him.

Lol, I've taken plenty of blurred ones…

Hand held. No edits.

Went out birding a few weeks ago and came across a small flock of mountain bluebirds. I don't know about anyone else, but I can't look at a bluebird without smiling. They would fly about and hover in place, then gracefully fly down for whatever was calling for them. Over and over they would perform this routine, so it gave me lots of practice capturing them. LOL.

I chose this image today because it marks 1 year since the passing of my mom, a very emotional day for me. She was my rock. She also happened to love the birds and would watch them from our window at the feeders. This image made me smile ... it brought back a reminder that she's always with me, hovering over and guiding me through everything that she taught me through life. I truly miss her every moment of every day, but I know she's here with me. Thanks for letting me verbalize what today means to me ... and how the image relates. © Debbie Tubridy Photography

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

カワセミ 　Common Kingfisher

学名　Alcedo atthis

I've been practicing my hummingbird photography with the Z9 and both the 500PF and 800PF lens, and I've been very pleased with the results. In the past with my DSLR's, I've had mixed results keeping these little dynamos in focus. Now, with the Z9, my keeper rate has gone up exponentially. I'm so looking forward to getting them on some flowers!

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Westmoreland County, PA

Common Hoverfly (Melangyna viridiceps)

This Hoverfly was checking out the Diosma flowers.

Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!

A female or an immature male rub-throated hummingbird at Lettuce Lake Park, Tampa, FL.

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Well, too cute to pass by without taking an image. It's been some time since I've used a strobe but I wanted to underexpose the background.

A three image stack

i'm always drawn to old bricks & rundown buildings.

hoverfly - got too excited when I found this so forgot to check what make it was.

Rufous Hummingbird (Female) in Sedona, AZ.

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Opportunist shot someone else shouted its hovering, I had to be quick, hence the slower shutter speed

Taken at Minsmere RSPB

hovering

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Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) female

Looking for a meal over the Sneydes Rd. Paddock on this day in 2018

On our way from Reynisfjara to Skogafoss

Male

A juvenile osprey hovers overhead as it searches for a tasty fish dinner.

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This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #Hover

Le thème de ce FlickrFriday est: #Flotter

Soratama : l’accessoire photo venu du pays du soleil-levant

My Garden

Barn Owl hunting early evening

hovering hummer

Canon R, Kenko #5,Mitutoyo x5.

1/8sec,iso100.

Helicon,P.S.

x3 Lume cube panels.

Mjkzz Ultra rail.

189 shots,@ 20um.

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Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird deciding which bloom to attack next...

A Eurasian kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), seen at Wilstone reservoir.