Eastern Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Female

[Joe Trimarchi]

Both have been cropped and post processed.

 

[DrLex]

Beautiful. The fact that there's still visible motion blur even at 1/1250s tells something about how quickly they flap their wings

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Beautiful. The fact that there's still visible motion blur even at 1/1250s tells something about how quickly they flap their wings

Thanks. It is around 50 per second for this species while some others are slightly more. Maybe I should try using the "Flicker Scan" feature in my camera! (LOL)

 

[Blufftonian]

Lovely shots! You nailed the focus on the bird's head.

I have a female or immature coming to my feeders about once every five minutes throughout the day, but it's been months since I saw a male???

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Lovely shots! You nailed the focus on the bird's head.

I have a female or immature coming to my feeders about once every five minutes throughout the day, but it's been months since I saw a male???

Thanks. I've had a lot of males around this year but in another 6 or 7 weeks they'll start migrating South.

 

[Blufftonian]

Yes, they

Thanks. I've had a lot of males around this year but in another 6 or 7 weeks they'll start migrating South.

Yes they’ll be migrating soon, but here on the South Carolina coast we often get a few wintering over.

 

[Barbie Heid]

Lovely shots! You nailed the focus on the bird's head.

I have a female or immature coming to my feeders about once every five minutes throughout the day, but it's been months since I saw a male???

Same here - a lone female, all year so far.

 

[Coughlan]

Nicely done

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Thank You!