Friday, June 6, 2025

Hummingbird!

I was sitting at the window as usual, doing some morning exercises, when I noticed a blur around the pink Bleeding Heart right in front of me.  I looked more carefully and it was a Hummingbird, a Ruby-throated, by far the most common kind we see here.  I grabbed my camera and tried to get some pictures.  Even at the best of times it moved so fast it seemed blurred, and the wings were just a blur all the time.

It hovered first at the farthest blossoms, and I had to be quick to get it in my lens.

Then it moved to the closest flower and went patiently (although it always seemed to be in a hurry), from blossom to blossom.  It was almost too close and vibrating too fast for the camera to focus.  However, given the general lack of birds I've been seeing at all this year, this was a prize!



14 comments:

  1. Great shots! You really captured the iridescence. How exciting to see it right outside your window.
    We have one pair of hummers here this year, that's all. Better than none, I guess.

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  2. It was indeed a prize. Fortuitous! You captured it well!

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  3. The shining feathers, what a great time to be at the window. A truly stunning set of photos.

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  4. You did well and had a good time doing it.

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  5. You got some really good shots!!! When I sit on the porch I see a humming bird come to the petunias that are in a hanging basket. Sometimes it will come right up to me and stare me in the face!!!

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  6. Oh, how fabulous to see this ... lovely photographs.

    All the best Jan

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  7. Great job of getting those photos of your hummingbird.

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  8. they are so dainty and beautiful. let's hope she found a permanent home for the summer. lovely images!!

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  9. Gorgeous photos! Hummers are very difficult to photograph. Great photos, FG.

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  10. Congratulations on seeing the hummer and even more-so on getting the photos.

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  11. Wow, great shots! Hummingbirds are so pretty.

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  12. That's really well done! I need a tripod, and still I have trouble. tee hee

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  13. Love those Hummers! At least 4 males and 2 females visit our feeder regularly. There are a lot of antics around the feeder, constant entertainment.

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