dannylightning
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I love the Ruby-Throat hummingbirds. I'm yet to see a male though. Hopefully next year when I'm in Canada. Were these shot in your back yard?
Ole Danny-Boy is back! Nice set bud.
I only got to see the Ruby Throats at a local park in Winnipeg, when I was there last year. They headed south in about late August and I didn't get many days to shoot them. I did managed to get some half decent shots of them on some Mexican Sunflowers and a Butterfly Bush. Fascinating little birds though and incredibly plucky.
On one occasion, I witnessed them harass a Coopers Hawk simply because it was in their "territory". One hummingbird started buzzing it whilst up in a tree. The hawk got annoyed and flew over to the other side of the park to be left in peace. As it crossed over the water fountain area in the middle of the gardens, two hummingbirds rose into the air simultaneously about 4 meters apart, in an almost military manoeuvre. They tailed the hawk and continued to harass it, while perched at the top of a tree. One also half circumnavigated me from about 60cm away. Looking directly at me to see if I was a threat or could be intimidated, I guess lol. I was told that the males tend to fly separately to the females and usually a couple of weeks earlier. How true that is, I don't know but, this could explain why I only ever saw females in the park, sometimes close to 10 of them.
When I move to Winnipeg later this year, I plan to plant the back yard up with Mexican Sunflowers, Bee Balm or maybe even Budlea. Be nice to be able to shoot them in the garden, rather than humping all my gear to the park.