Speckled Hummingbird

[Donde]

feeding at Tacoma capensis

 

[robbins.photo]

Beautiful shot! Talk about nailing the DOF.. wow.

 

[Donde]

Thank you for that. I had nice bright sun today so I was able to shoot with out flash. I like the result better even though flash can bring out their colors.

 

[JacaRanda]

SWEETNESS!

 

[tirediron]

One of the best hummer shots posted on TPF in I can't remember how long!

 

[John Hunt]

Fantastic!

 

[baturn]

Yep! Beautiful photo.

 

[Rob5589]

Very nice!

 

[Donde]

Yikes! Thanks!

 

[Parker219]

Very nice

Shutter speed?

 

[Donde]

Shutter speed was 1/1250.

 

[LarryLomona]

Thank you for sharing, it might be a female White-eared Hummingbird.

 

[JamesScott86]

That is beautiful! Excellent Shot!!!

 

[Donde]

Actually "Speckled Hummingbird" is it's English name. You can't see from the angle in my photo but the breast has speckles on it. It's scientific name is Adelomyia melanogenys. It's pretty common in much of South America and one of the most common in my gardens.