KCrowley Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I'm not sure who Anna is, or why she rates her own hummingbird, but they sure are pretty little buggers. Link to post Share on other sites
dgfavor Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Nice! Is that on a feeder? I have yet to capture a crisp,sharp hummingbird "in the wild"...always on a feeder...and not that crisp! Link to post Share on other sites
KCrowley Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 9 hours ago, dgfavor said: Nice! Is that on a feeder? I have yet to capture a crisp,sharp hummingbird "in the wild"...always on a feeder...and not that crisp! Yes, on a feeder near Nogales, AZ. Link to post Share on other sites
quailguy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Not near as good a photo, but a rare Mexican Violet Eared Hummer at our place in south Texas. I have taken hundreds of photos of hummingbirds and about 98% are junk. Link to post Share on other sites
dgfavor Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/22/2021 at 7:04 AM, KCrowley said: Yes, on a feeder near Nogales, AZ. I thought you were going to say you staked out a certain flower/bush for 10 days just waiting...waiting...for your opportunity! 🤣 I think that's a heckuva capture Quailguy...did you stake out that bush for 10 days just waiting...waiting...for your opportunity? 🤣 Probably the best I've mustered with them just randomly flying around, not on a feeder: Link to post Share on other sites
Cold Iron Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 That is a money shot! Been trying for a long time to get one like that. I need to break down and get another off camera strobe. Or 2 if I am going to totally freeze the wings. Rick if you are getting a 2% keeper rate your dong a LOT better than me! 🙂 Yeah I sit on the deck during the summer with everything setup aimed at the feeder with manual focus\settings then try to connect with the remote. Seems like always something just a little off or in the way though. Ruby's here which are very territory so a lot of fighting going on. One of these days I will capture a pair in battle, and get them in focus damn it! Keith I'd love to get one like you did that is a gold standard if there ever was one. But no Anna's or any hummingbirds for that matter until that ~6 weeks of piss poor sledding season shows up here 😞 Link to post Share on other sites
quailguy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, dgfavor said: I think that's a heckuva capture Quailguy...did you stake out that bush for 10 days just waiting...waiting...for your opportunity? 🤣 Better lucky than good I guess. No, Doc, that bird just showed up at our feeders in south Texas one day. He stayed with us for about 6 weeks. That photo was taken out a den window. The wife put it e-bird for a week or so until I made her take it down. We had birders calling from all over the country to come see him. One guy, and I am NOT making this up, claimed he had just arrived from Australia, was at LAX, and was desperate to come see and photo the bird. He did arrive at San Antonio from LAX so perhaps that was the truth. I can say that was the very last rare bird we will EVER put on e-bird! Link to post Share on other sites
KCrowley Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 On 1/21/2021 at 10:30 PM, dgfavor said: Nice! Is that on a feeder? I have yet to capture a crisp,sharp hummingbird "in the wild"...always on a feeder...and not that crisp! ALso from the same feeder. A broad-billed hummer. Link to post Share on other sites
KCrowley Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 3 hours ago, dgfavor said: I thought you were going to say you staked out a certain flower/bush for 10 days just waiting...waiting...for your opportunity! 🤣 I've spent many days in many foul places trying to capture just the right image, but for hummers, nectar rules! 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites
quailguy Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, KCrowley said: ALso from the same feeder. A broad-billed hummer. Nice, very nice indeed. I've only seen a couple of adult male broad billed hummers, but never got even one photo. Have numerous ones of females and or immatures but no male in full warpaint. Link to post Share on other sites
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