WESTERN STATES HUMMINGBIRDS VOL. 12

Great shots duc! I so enjoy seeing your hummingbirds!

All beautiful, duc, but that actions shot is a cracker!

Ya what MargaretK said!

I saved up some more hummer shots to share with you...

I took this one through the window.

Last year I had one male Anna's that had this color of purple on some of the gorget feathers. I'll have to hunt that photo down to see if it might be the same hummer.

Here he is again.

My last Rufous left a few days ago.

Got these last two today. I was on my upper deck taking photos in my garden below.

He was just chattering away and it looked like he was yawning in between the chatter.

Beautiful pics Duc!! I especially love the second and last one.

Wonderful photos, duc. Love the chattering yawns.

So beautiful duc, love all your sharp pictures, and the subject in it. lol on the tired yawning one, great catch.

Luvly duc and thanks for the advice on the cleaning brushes awhile back. Cleaning my feeder has been breezey all season! Just finished tucking it away with the giant red bow.

Oh, I'm sorry Dahlia. I know you'll miss your little ones. That bow worked well.

I still haven't seen more than 8 at a time, but at least mine are still here. This female Anna's sure loves the early morning bath.

This one may go on this year's Christmas card-my hubbie makes ours every year.

This male Anna's was hiding in the tree and faithfully guarding his feeder.

That's a luvly choice for a Christmas card duc!

That is a wonderful pic for the Christmas card! Love the males Anna's too!

Perfect choice for a Christmas card, duc, but all beautiful shots. The Anna's is a real beauty.

Great video!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUEZkwJulBY&feature=related


PS, at the end there's a note about no longer using red dye.

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I just love that video Mrs Ed! The only problem is that it reminded me of my 20 plus missing hummers this year. I just hope they'll take their usual route next year and stop off at our home-where they belong!

I took this photo a few days ago while watching this Anna's grab bugs while flying around the top of a 50 ft. pine tree.

Duc, I hope you are entering some of your pictures in the 2010 DG photo contest. I am sure just choosing two entries would be VERY difficult for you.

Thank you for you nice comment Mountain Girl.

I found this Anna's at the Mendocino Botanical Gardens in Ft. Bragg, CA.

Here's another Anna's that was found at the botanical gardens. I could hear the several hummers enjoying themselves in the blooms.

I'm still finding at least 6 hummers here at home. This guy seemed upset with the noise of my camera.

A quick turn of the head to check his feeder up on the deck.

I've been keeping 4 feeders out to avoid confrontation and this was a very rare moment where 3 males and a female joined forces to drink together.

aww, great stuff. I dreamt last night that I had a rufous hummingbird hanging out! If ONLY!

Beautiful shots duc! Love those males!

Wonderful shots, duc. What's the plant with the yellow flowers in the second shot?

That IS an interesting plant. Looks like a pair of dutch clogs.

LOL. Note to self to get eyes checked. I thought, what on earth is Mrs Ed talking about, saying that the plant looks like a pair of Dutch dogs.

ha. d-a-r-n sans serif fonts!

LOL, thanks all for your comments. I have no idea on that plant name, but have sent the photo to the botanical gardens and asked if they could tell us.

The sun doesn't get on our back deck much so I've been bugging my hummers with the flash. Actually, they don't seem to mind and rarely fly away.

I got a response from the botanical gardens Margaret-

The plant in question is a Crotalaria agatiflora,
commonly called the Canary bush native to Kenya.

Oooh, that's supposed to be a butterfly (sulphur) host plant.

Gorgeous shots, duc. Thanks for the information on the plant. I really like it. It reminded me of an Australian native plant called the "bird flower".

For all the hummer lovers out there: This is a pretty cool video link about a young man who nurses an injured baby hummer back to health. The relationship between the two is heart warming. It's a three minute clip, but time well spent.

http://www.wimp.com/babyhummingbird/

Can anyone tell me what kind of hummers these guys are? This was shot on my back deck in Baja Norte about a month ago.