This here is an immature female rufous hummingbird. (At least I think so.) I love close-ups that show the detail of the feathers; they’re always more spectacular than I could imagine. Who in the world designs these things? Oh, right. While we’re on the topic, here’s an old FarrFeed video from 2009 you need to [...]
Birds
Living in the moment »Buy This Photo!«
The lazuli bunting is such a little bird, smaller than a sparrow, smaller than an indigo bunting (which we also see)—but they’re so beautiful, I have to pay attention, and when I can, I take another picture. It’s just one of those things, like rainbows. What kind of an idiot doesn’t take a picture of [...]
Local color »Buy This Photo!«
They’ll do it every time. This Bullocks oriole will even drink upside down if no other opportunity presents itself. I don’t think that would work for me. Once again note how the red light reflected off the feeder colors the throat and chest. »Buy This Photo!«
Learn to live on sugar water & you’ll have it made »Buy This Photo!«
All we have so far this year are black-chinned hummingbirds, but ain’t they nice? Next will come the broadtails and then the rufouses. There may even be a few Costa’s hummingbirds. For that matter, a few minutes before I took this shot, a male Bullock’s oriole was climbing all over the feeder, sending it spinning [...]
Shot through the living room window »Buy This Photo!«
They’re back in force now, including this pair. I’ve seen as many as five or six at a time. I just love lazuli buntings. They also go for the cheap birdseed that has the little tiny crap seeds hardly any other birds else will eat. That means the jays and magpies stay away. The black-headed [...]
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