Young rufous hummingbird puts on a show
I haven’t seen my friendly neighborhood hummingbirds at all this week so I have to think they have started their journey south. For these images, I am going back to…
Evening sun lights up a hummingbird’s wings
The backyard hummingbirds continue to be quite hit or miss for me. Usually when I do see them, they just aren’t in a good spot for pictures. Late last week,…
Bullying hummingbird moves to fend off an intruder
Ah yes, the male rufous hummingbird. Despite their diminutive size, they are notoriously aggressive and very quick to claim an area of their own, fending off any who dare intrude.…
Hummingbird goes for the backyard flowers
Activity in my backyard has been kind of slow for hummingbirds this year. However, one has recently discovered that our zauschneria has bloomed and it has started hanging out a…
Broad-tailed hummingbird shows off his colors
I have never had much luck getting pics of the males of this type of hummingbird, usually only getting the females and juveniles that lack that beautiful red throat. This…
Rufous hummingbird defends its territory
I didn’t do so well catching action shots of hummingbirds this past summer. I didn’t have many opportunities and when I had them, I usually seemed to blow the chance.…