anna\'s hummingbird

Had some good lighting and the late-lasting blooms of the Lucifer flower with a nice pose by this female Anna's.

The hummers seem to find endless flower arrangements, and keep me coming back!

Their tongues approximately twice the bill length, dart in and out about 13-20 times per second, so while we see the throat pumping and the nectar moving, seldom the tongue itself unless stopped by the lens. Here you can see the very tip behind the third petal and in front of the second petal...

This a bit unusual that at it's perpendicular approach to the flower the tongue went completely past the petal center and shows. Also, note the right talon grasps a single unopened flower bud. I think it's a young, first-year male after looking at all the frames.

Yes, she's performing her solemn duty nature has assigned, to cross-pollinate the flowers, and of course the flowers reward her too. "Steve, you may have a quick look, and just keep that feeder filled!"

This stubby little one probably this year's brood; a female Anna's.

Could be the mate of the male I posted this week; though he only lets her have this barely-yet-blooming Salvia, while his plant is profuse... very greedy. We'll see what happens when "her plant" gets all of its flowers.. that'll keep him busy.

Been trying to catch him at this Salvia flower "Hot Lips" for three days; big payoff today!

This is same frame as adjacent post, slightly cropped, no other work whatsoever, so you see how low the light, but how bright his own.

I'm going to post a before and after of this frame just so all can see exactly the lighting that came into the camera. Amazing how this fella' can light up at will. This is with typical adjustment of light and contrast, you'll see it's not a lot.

This guy, with his daily dive-bombing and chasing from "his" feeder, was clearly giving me the "stink-eye." It was amazing that with hardly any remaining light at 6:44 p.m., sunset at 8:11 p.m.; completely clouded and him facing nearly opposite the low clouded-over sun (him...

As the last leaves fall in Oregon, the Vine Maple shows it's flying seeds & birds!

Digiscoped at about 10 meters using 25x eyepiece, 88mm scope.

Colors on this immature, rival the beauty of adult male

Here's a story about the image. For some reason, I had my camera set on single shot, not my usual 8 frames per second. During the half second the bird was hovering in front of me, I lifted my camera, pressed the shutter once, and captured a single frame. This image was the result. The fact that...

The smallest member of our family. The Anna's Humming bird. We named him Grumpy because he's always dominating the feeder and he lives here year round.

Calypte anna - colibr de cabeza roja - Anna's hummingbird

The University of California Santa Cruz has this fabulous Arboretum with plants from all over the world. This section was alive with hummers. I stood amongst them, very still, and was able to get this shot. It was pretty exciting. There were probably 20-30 hummers within 5 feet of me.

Anna's Hummingbird. San Francisco. Garden near Pier 41. Photo has been edited for contrast and sharpness using GIMP.

Hi Folks; Weather into the 80's F now. Captured this little male Hummingbird in our garden this morning. Flash assist.

Hi Folks; Captured this little Anna's Hummingbird in our garden and converted it to a B&W sketch using free FotoSketcher download from : http://www.freewarefiles.com/FotoSketcher_program_36549.html Have easy to use fun.

Anna's hummingbird unloading before filling up!

Anna's Hummingbird #3