Anna's Hummingbird

christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
edited January 24, 2009 in Wildlife
I was in the yard experimenting with my 50mm when a hummingbird buzzed by me. I moved my tripod over by the feeder and was able to capture this. She was a good sport for letting me be so close to her!

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Comments appreciated. Thank you for looking!

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2009
    Nice capture. thumb.gif
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  • KurtPrestonKurtPreston Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2009
    She was showing off :) Pretty capture! That looks more like a female ruby-throat ... or at least it looks like the hummers we have here in Maryland and we only get ruby throats except for rare vagrants. I think the female Anna's is still supposed to have a bit of red under the chin instead of the green splotches.
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    Nice capture. thumb.gif

    Thank you!
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2009
    KurtPreston wrote:
    She was showing off :) Pretty capture! That looks more like a female ruby-throat ... or at least it looks like the hummers we have here in Maryland and we only get ruby throats except for rare vagrants. I think the female Anna's is still supposed to have a bit of red under the chin instead of the green splotches.

    Thank you Kurt! She was showing off. :D She is a female Anna's hummingbird. She has a bit of red under her chin, but it didn't show up in this photo.
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2009
    nice capture
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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2009
    Very well done, especially with a shorter lens. Envious that you still have hummingbirds at this time of year.
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  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2009
    bfjr wrote:
    nice capture

    Thank you!
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2009
    bhowdy wrote:
    Very well done, especially with a shorter lens. Envious that you still have hummingbirds at this time of year.

    Thank you! I am lucky to have them around.
  • KurtPrestonKurtPreston Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2009
    christinamae wrote:
    Thank you Kurt! She was showing off. :D She is a female Anna's hummingbird. She has a bit of red under her chin, but it didn't show up in this photo.

    Ah! And I've been known to confuse quite a few bird ids :)
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