Daily Bird Photos - No. 14 ~ Hummingbird In-Flight
Finally, a male Anna’s Hummingbird came to the bird feeder. I had seen one earlier in the morning when I was outside with a coffee – but no camera! Following this, I grabbed the camera and spent another half hour outside waiting. No bird. Only after I gave up and went back inside did the male Hummingbird return and linger at the feeder while I shot these photos through the glass door.
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Don't miss the previous editions of my bird photos!
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 13 ~ Extended Bald Eagle Encounter ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 12 ~ Anna's Hummingbirds ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 11 ~ Rock Pigeons ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 10 ~ Shorebirds ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 9 ~ Fun With Water ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 8 ~ A Canada Goose In Flight ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 7 ~ Peacocks In Hiding? ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 6 ~ Too Many Herons? ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 5 ~ On The Fence ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 4 ~ Autumn Light ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 3 ~ A Trip To The Bird Sanctuary ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 2 ~ Killdeer ~
- Daily Bird Photos - No. 1 ~ Bald Eagle ~
Great capture. Glad you got the chance.
I bought a new humming bird feeder about a month ago. I had seen a bright green humming bird flittering around, so I hung a feeder where I could see it nicely from my kitchen window. I saw him out there frequently and then... nothing. I replaced the nectar and the next day when I came home, about half of it was gone. Wow.. .right?.... I didn't have it full, but still. The next day, I saw why, bees, honey bees had found it and evidently, even though I never saw it drip one little drop, they were somehow getting a sip out of the edge of the bottom piece. So they swarmed it for a few days till I took it down. I'm thinking one of my not too distant neighbors has a hive. I hope they don't label the next batch "clover honey"... heh
We have that here too... not honey bees but wasps, and they chase the hummingbirds away! A wasp is pretty big if you're a hummingbird... must seem as big as a German Shepard would to us. Did you click to see the gif? (I'm just trying to check and see if google analytics works and shows me when I get visitors.. this is all new stuff to me!) Thank you!
I did click, but then the phone rung when I was on the way back over to say I saw it and it does work. That is pretty neat too.
I've put out humming bird feeders nearly every year for a good while and this is the first time I have ever had anything swarm it. I wish there was a solution to that.
Thank you! We just had a frost last night so I hope now the wasps will go dormant - they were picking on the poor hummingbirds! I don't know what you can do, is there something different you can try in the feeder?
I don't know, but I will definitely look into it.
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The link and the gif worked for me. The gif image isn't quite as beautiful as the jpegs here, but I would imagine that's got to do with the format. Nice work!
Thank you, great to hear! The images for the gif were shot through a glass door, not entirely clean either... then the gif is "optimized" for size and speed which lowers the image quality.... but that bird just wasn't coming to the feeder until I went inside! :)
Ha ha. I can just picture you stalking him. I’m that way with butterflies. Why can’t they all just sit still, like bees?