hummingbird

Not shy at all. He was happy to show off his beautiful colours.

Male Anna's defending his perch - Stalked this little guy for a few hours, between rain storms, and his every 15 minute forays for food. Used Nikon D700 and a Nikkor 300mm lens, ISO320, 1/125 sec at f/16

Watching as I was hanging up a new feeder

Male Anna's defending his perch - Stalked this little guy for a few hours, between rain storms, and his every 15 minute forays for food. Used Nikon D700 and a 300mm lens, ISO320, 1/25 sec at f/16

Nikon D700, 300mm - Protective male in breeding mode

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A male Anna's hummingbird feeding on the annual aloe vera blossoms. Taken in natural light , handheld using Canon 1D Mark3 and 300mm f2.8 lens with 2X teleconverter attached

Stopped by for a quick dip...

I was taking photos in Vargem Bonita-MG, Brasil, when i saw this beautiful hummingbird showing his colors in order to defend his territory .

Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis) Photographed foraging on Cuatro Caras (Cornuta pyramidal: Verbenaceae) in a misty fog along the Ro Guayabo riparian in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Species sexually dimorphic. Female lacks the blue chest patch. Humid rainforest at ca...

Love to catch a glimpse of these colorful birds, Arizona seems to be a great place to see then regularly.

Hummingbird taken with Fuji HS20

Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward niveoventer) Sexes similar. Photographed in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Rio Guayabo riparian, secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.

Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens fulgens) Species sexually dimorphic. Four subspecies have been described with two or three being recognized, author dependent. Only the nominate is mapped for the US. This hummer is ca. 13.3 cm (5.25 in) long. The only other US Hummingbird that compares...

He perched just off my gallery in a 'Pride of Barbados' bush.

With a little flair.

Costas Hummingbird (Calypte costae) This young male was photographed in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA. This little chap could not have cared less that I was standing there taking pictures of it (lol). Tucson is situated in the Sonoran Desert at ca. 728 m (2,389 ft) elevation and is ringed...

This fellow was feeding just outside my apartment on the West coast of Antigua.

This specimen landed in a bush just off my gallery near Jolly Harbour, on the West coast of Antigua.

Costas Hummingbird (Calypte costae) These small gems are strongly sexually dimorphic. This little male was photographed in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Situated in the Sonoran Desert at ca. 728 m (2,389 ft) elevation and is ringed by five mountain ranges.

This male Anna's provided a flash of colour on an otherwise cold grey foggy day.