anna's hummingbird

Photographed this male Anna's Hummingbird in our garden yesterday

Photographed this little immature Anna's Hummingbird l\in the garden this morning. Fill flash assist

Photographed this Anna's Humminbird in our garden under brilliant blue sunny skies

Photographed this juvenile Anna's Hummingbird in our garden today under brilliant blue sunny skies

Hi Folks: I was suprised that this little Anna's could hang to this spike on a Century Plant as it was blowing a gale yesterday, and he was the only guy who ventured out in the 30 minutes I endured it. Small bird with a very big heart.

Photographed this female Anna's Hummingbird in our garden.

Photographed this malres Anna's Hummingbird in our garden

Photographed this little juvenile in our garden

Photographed this little female in our garden yesterday

Photographed this male in our garden yesterday

3rd in the series...

2nd in series...

They are starting to do some migration. There are three males, and a female, currently taking advantage of the feeder. Early this morning, while the Sun is still at a low angle, I positioned the rig so as to get changes in the color of the gorget. This is the first image, there will be others...

Captured this male Anna's Hummingbird in our garden this morning

Hi Folks This was sure a different experience for me. Usually these little Hummers will sit on a bough for 10 seconds, if I'm lucky. Last Thursday about 6 PM, our coldest day of the year, this little lady perched on this bough non stop for about 20 minutes. Getting dark, I had my cane in one...

Photographed this young lady in our garden last Saturday. Beautiful sunny blue skies and warmed up in the high 60's. Now up to 70 F

I hate the BG in this image, and the head could stand to be turned a bit. Captureing the colors of the gorget is a matter of luck, really. Using a flash helps, but still there is no guarentee. The nature of the 'facets' of the feathers is such that as light is refracted, and reflected, the light...

This guy usually stays on a tree 15ft from my feeder. However, it was pretty cold this morning and there were more visitors to the feeder. He decided he got to keep closer watch on it to chase others away.

First HUMMINGBIRD ? seen in winter 2011. Richmond,BC, Canada

Photographed this male Anna's Hummingbird in our garden

3 blocks from my loft, these salvia flowerbeds are a hummingbird magnet when in bloom.

Photographed this male anna's in our garden this morning

Photographed this male Anna's in our garden this morning

Photographed in our garden this morning. 36F with vivid blue sunny skies

Photographed this male Anna's Hummingbird in our garden this morning. Flower added to cover feeder