If you enjoy watching hummers---NDR

Al Hansen

Al Hansen

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Had quite a few of the little tykes at the feeders this morning. I enjoy having them around the house. They make life interesting to say the least. The good news is that most of them will be here for all of August. Some will stay up into October.
Al

I believe this is an adult female black-chinned hummer.

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An adult male rufous.

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This little female was small enough to be a calliope.

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I happened to see a couple of orange feathers beginning to grow on his gorget, so it was easy to identiy as a juvenile rufous.

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As for this one, it could be a rufous female but I'm not sure.

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Al, Love the pics. I was thinking of you last month when I carved a my first Ruby- Throated Hummingbird. I love watching them around my place and I can't even begin to imagine how you get these great pictures.
 
Way to go Al. I still have the pictures you sent me a year or so ago. Hummers are where it's at, at least in the summer!
 
Al, Love the pics. I was thinking of you last month when I carved a my first Ruby- Throated Hummingbird. I love watching them around my place and I can't even begin to imagine how you get these great pictures.
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Hi Jode,
I just want you to know how much I would enjoy seeing a picture of your Ruby. As for taking pictures of them, I used to try this with a film camera and that really was expensive. I'm glad that I have a camera that will take pics at 8 per second. My recipe would be "luck and patience". Glad you enjoyed them.
Al
 
Amazing photography. You should produce a book.
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Thanks so much, Mark. How would a book with hummers, a smattering of duck hunting stories/pictures, and spiced with Alaskan true life adventures be? No doubt I would have to give it a title like, "Just Rambling".
Al
 
Way to go Al. I still have the pictures you sent me a year or so ago. Hummers are where it's at, at least in the summer!
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Thanks so much, Greg. I happen to agree with you and for timing, the little buggers couldn't be more perfect. They all leave our area for Mexico and Central America just before our duck season opens. I couldn't ask for anything more.
Al
 
It's impossible to even get close to how cool they are in real life, but here's my best shot. Not quite the photography or elegance of the real thing, but I enjoyed trying!





 
Jode, that is really cool.

Al, I really enjoyed those pictures.
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Thanks so much, Paul. Yesterday I waited a half hour longer to go outside and take some shots. What a difference it made. Not nearly as much noise in the pics because the light was much better to use my f.4 in.
Al

By the way, this is a juvenile rufous male. You can see the beginning of his orange gorget. I believe he has 3 orange feathers in his neck now.

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We only have Ruby Throats here in Rhode Island & I think the entire Northeast. With feeders on both sides of our house they are a constant presence.
 
We only have Ruby Throats here in Rhode Island & I think the entire Northeast. With feeders on both sides of our house they are a constant presence.
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That makes you lucky, Gary, to have them in your area. I was just looking at a migration map of the ruby throated hummer and it is amazing to know that they cross the Gulf of Mexico (a 500 mile non stop flight of between 18 to 22 hours) and end up in the Yucatan Peninsula. From there they will head as far south as northern Panama.
Al
 
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