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Published: 2008-02-08 06:33:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1550; Favourites: 73; Downloads: 0
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Taken today in my backyard, Riverside CaliforniaCanon 1D Mark III, EF 300mm 1:2.8 L IS USM, f/8, 1/1000 ISO 800
Sunny day with slight haze
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With the kind help of [link] we have a tentative identification of:
Annaβs Hummingbird - Calypte anna
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Comments: 46
this series of that kind of birds are really beautifull, have never seen such a bird before, very very nice
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Thank you I'm very happy that you enjoy humming birds too. They are delightful creatures.
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Absolutely gorgeous!! Love the fact that you captured the coloring on the neck....I have yet to be successful capturing the color. I have gotten a few pics of hummers but, never with the color glinting and nothing even close to this quality.
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Thank you
Itβs all to do with the angle of the bird relative to the sun and luck. My strategy is to hang around my humming bird feeder and watch until the birds start to ignore me. In the process I position the βflowerβ (I remove or block all but one of the feeding stations) on the feeder such that the angle is right for seeing the coloring on the neck. Then with luck I might get the shot that Iβm looking for.
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This is fucking immense.
I'm atally lost for words.
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Thank you Rozalind I'm happy that you like it.
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Thank you Humayun (and thank you Canon)
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woow what an amazing bird <3 and beautiful shot ofcourse
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Wow, that is the best hummingbird photo, I think I have ever seen! It's amazing how clear it is!
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Thank you. One could say that hummingbirds are a bit of a project of mine.
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I love them, I haven't seen any here yet, but I can't wait!
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They are starting to arrive here in New Mexico
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Cool, I'm in Arkansas, my mom said she saw a couple the other day.
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wonderful capture.. love the great detail too!
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Wwwwwooooooooaaaaaaahhhhhh, nice... oh and fave too.
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Wow... great detail!
It must have been hard to get it in the camera.
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great shot! look up local humming birds for your area- should be easy to find out on the internet.
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Thank you, ultimately I will have to see if I can find my Audubon book and look it up.
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I did some resreach for your area in CA.
It's one of these for sure-
Black-chinned Hummingbird- Archilochus alexandri picture: [link]
Annaβs Hummingbird- Calypte anna picture: [link] [link]
Allenβs Hummingbird- Selasphorus sasin pictures: [link] [link]
Rufous Hummingbird- Selasphorus rufus picture: [link]
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Costa's Hummingbird- Calypte costae picture: [link] [link]
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faster than trying to find your book I bet! Hope that helps...
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Thank you Tami, I have updated the comments
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no problem!!! glad i was able to help!! no need to credit me lol! I just gave you the links- you determined it was an Anna
I thought it was an Anna- but you are the one who actually saw it, so I figured it would be better to let you decide.
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Thank you!! These guys have become something of an obsession for me.
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