I just finished watching a little documentary on Hummingbirds (thanks to Keith) and it reminded me to upload some of the photos of the hummingbirds that feed around the property we stayed at.
These photos were cropped fairly heavily and might be a bit noisy (grainy) but overall I like the poses. The male Rufous (top 2 photos) shows of his beautiful colours as the sun shines through the tree canopy. And then the female Rufous (3rd photo) sits on a wire fence watching me as I take photos of her.
Hummingbirds are fairly fascinating and here in BC we only have two varieties; the Rufous and the Anna’s. A few reasons why I think they are pretty cool to watch: they hover, their agility ability to change directions in-flight instantly, the males will dive-bomb if you are in their territory, and the colours which shimmer like scales in the sun.
RebeccaJun 11, 2010 at 13:54:02
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We were just watching the “Life” BBC series on Birds last night, and hummingbirds were part of it. You should check out these guys – http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8338000/8338728.stm – amazing!!
Tyler Ingram June 11th, 2010 at 14:00:05[Link]
Yea those were on the documentary I was just watching! I’ll have to go to Peru and photograph those one day!