Birders

AndyS

(14,559 posts) Fri Jan 27, 2023, 10:53 PM Jan 2023

Female ruby throat hummingbird

I love these little guys! Very territorial and engage in all sorts of aerial combat over the feeder. Flying so fast I can't track them with my eye they fly through the steel handrail, around the posts and through the branches. Never touch a thing!

OMD EM1 mk II, 300mm f4

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Female ruby throat hummingbird (Original Post) AndyS Jan 2023 OP

What a great photo, Andy! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2023 #1

Thanks for the pictures. When I first met my wife she was teaching at ASU in Tempe. mjvpi Jan 2023 #2

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,406 posts)

1. What a great photo, Andy!

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Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:17 AM

Jan 2023

Love the incredible detail, plus her tiny claws!

mjvpi

(1,575 posts)

2. Thanks for the pictures. When I first met my wife she was teaching at ASU in Tempe.

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Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:37 AM

Jan 2023

I had a business and played in swing bands full time in Colorado. One of us would fly back and forth for long weekends. The Sonoran Desert museum was my favorite place to go. InThe humming bird house they let you wander in this large environment with a lot of beautiful hummers. They were used to seeing humans respectfully taking pictures. They will collect thread from your cloths and try to get you hair. Lots of personality on display.

Great picture. And thanks for sharing

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