ruby-throated hummingbird

This on would hover and try to wipe or clean its bill with one foot. I did not see anything on it but it was determined to get whatever is was off.

.....showed up about 8:00 last night, guess he works the night shift. Got several shot of him and will post along.

I take a lot of Hummingbird photos and never cease to be amazed at the varied wing positions and how they seem to be able to twist or rotate the wings. These are some amazing birds and a joy to watch.

Has some fun with these today. I spent some time waiting on the male.....seems he only shows up when I am not set up like i want. Oh well I'll get him one day.

at the Bird Forum. Try not to get them on the feeder but this was too good to pass up.

Another from yesterday

Hey KC told you they were begining to get more active. I don't have many but sure got into them this afternoon.

This is one of the few Hummers I have this year. They are really few here and at work.

Nother one with 4 flashes and photo of sky for bg.

Spent most of yesterday working with the flash setup. It takes a while because I don't have a whole lot of Hummers so shots are streached out over a time. Still don't have the combo nailed down yet but I'm working on it. This is one of the better ones from yesterday.

I noticed that this bird is a bit more aggressive and also seems to have a longer body and neck than the others. Anyone with any ideas or is it my imagination.

Shot this with the 4 flash setup and shooting blind. The background is a 11x14 photo I took of the sky. No matter what you throw away more shots than you keep. I had fun though. This is an uncropped shot, resized only with a little ps work.

Had the day off, cloudy of course, so I pulled out some flashes, three. Set up the chair blind, got out the tripods and went to work. I had some flowers for the bg, quite close so I did not use a 4th flash on the bg. Thought is might rain so I did not bring out and bg material. Only saw the...

The Hummers seem more active. This is one of 2 males around the feeders and I played with some shots with single flash, cloudy day, to get them acustom to the flash before using the larger setup.

I took this picture today after work, but the mom's also got to see this fine lady fluttering about on Mother's Day.

Well Folks, Heres one from our US trip last september. This un was taken in Jack(Gunter) and Pam's garden in Jacksonville NC.