Hummingbird nest update

Froggy

Kind of got addicted to photographing these little guys over the last three weeks.
The kids fledged two days ago, yesterday strong winds in southern California destroyed the tree branch that the nest was built on, all I can say is that I hope the little guys made it.
Heres a few captures of their fragile lives and the fledging of one of them
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Ric Grupe

I enjoyed these.

Nice find and very good shots.

riddim_maker

Now I'm jealous Great work, Steve
Went out for a walk in the park yesterday and saw a nest on the ground due the strong winds we had the other day. It made me how these little guys can survive such a tremendous force. Hope your hummer family made it ok.

JillG

Very nice series. Amazing to me you even noticed the nest. never mind taking good photos:D .
Jill

windoze

amazing photos!

thanx for sharing this GREAT SERIES!


troy

Skippy

Froggy wrote:

Kind of got addicted to photographing these little guys over the last three weeks.
The kids fledged two days ago, yesterday strong winds in southern California destroyed the tree branch that the nest was built on, all I can say is that I hope the little guys made it.
Heres a few captures of their fragile lives and the fledging of one of them

Those are awesome Froggy
I would imagine not too many folks get to see the actual nest,
let alone the new offspring .... excellent series

Hope they all survive too .... thanks for sharing........ Skippy
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Froggy

Skippy wrote:

Those are awesome Froggy
I would imagine not too many folks get to see the actual nest,
let alone the new offspring .... excellent series

Hope they all survive too .... thanks for sharing........ Skippy
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Thanks so much for the kind words, It's pure luck or am I blessed, I think I'm blessed to get so close to watching this unfold right before my eyes and to cature it in photograph.

Steve

Froggy

windoze wrote:

amazing photos!

thanx for sharing this GREAT SERIES!


troy

Thanks troy, I appreciate the time you took to look and comment, it means a lot to get your feedback on my work.

Steve

Froggy

JillG wrote:

Very nice series. Amazing to me you even noticed the nest. never mind taking good photos:D .
Jill

Hey Jill,

Thanks so much, it pays to be observent, listen and the birds will tell you who they are and where they live, not always but a lot of the time.:D

My friends often ask me how I find these nests, a lot of the time I hear where they are at, the sounds can be very subtle, it takes time to train your ear, even baby hummers make noises that sound very much like the parents.

Steve

Froggy

riddim_maker wrote:

Now I'm jealous Great work, Steve
Went out for a walk in the park yesterday and saw a nest on the ground due the strong winds we had the other day. It made me how these little guys can survive such a tremendous force. Hope your hummer family made it ok.

Hey Russ thanks Man, Next time I see you over there I'll show you a new nest that I found, it's kind of up there but you can see she has kids:D

Steve

ShepsMom

Awesome set Froggy! Ver well done, what lens did you use?

Froggy

ShepsMom wrote:

Awesome set Froggy! Ver well done, what lens did you use?

Thanks so much, I used my 400 prime with a 1.4 X teleconverter

Steve

kdog

Beautiful series there, Steve. It's interesting the way they and their nest blend into the environment.

Cheers,
-joel

raptorcaptor

Very nice Steve!

riddim_maker

Froggy wrote:

Hey Russ thanks Man, Next time I see you over there I'll show you a new nest that I found, it's kind of up there but you can see she has kids:D

Steve

I'll take you up on that Steve once i get a break from work:cry . Hopefully they'll still be around.

Maestro

Once again, great behavior shots! These are just beautiful birds and you have captured them admirably!