This post will be almost all pictures, and only one non-hummingbird picture! The hummers have been at our feeder all week long, just begging to have their pictures taken! My one token non-hummer picture — a house finch. I don’t often get to take their picture on a branch; they are always eating at the finch feeder! Isn’t he cute?
We had regular visits from a female and a male hummingbird. The female had clearly had enough of my focusing beam disrupting her meal, and was giving me “the look”. I’ve raised three children — “the look” doesn’t bother me! The male would sometimes sit in a branch overlooking the feeder. And isn’t it interesting how bright red the throat is in the sun, and how dark it looks in the shade?
This is what I think is a juvenile hummer, but I could be wrong (shocking, I know). This little guy liked to sit in the tree and rest. What a smartie, relaxing and staying close to the food! Must be a teenager.
I like to use my continuous shooting mode on my camera when taking pictures of birds, and especially when photographing hummers because they are so darned fast. Sometimes I get surprises when I put the photos up on the computer. Did you know hummingbirds blink??? Me neither. They also relieve themselves, but I did know that — just never had photographic evidence of it before! Maybe he just closes his eyes to concentrate on his bathroom duties?
And I am always surprised to get a hummingbird’s tongue in a picture, and I got two of them this week! That must be really yummy, lip-smacking syrup I’m serving up.
Between the birds and getting DH set up to out to Seattle this week, sewing has really suffered. Tomorrow I’ll get back at the quilting, providing the birds leave me alone!
–Sue
