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Jul 01, 2013 16:24 |  #1

This one is becoming very calm around me now, he will sit about 3 feet away and be perfectly fine. While the hummers are not bathing at the fountain(grrr) all the others are.

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Jul 01, 2013 18:15 |  #2

Very nice shots


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Jul 01, 2013 18:22 as a reply to  @ 2n10's post |  #3

Very nice, Gail. Here they are normally "winter birds".


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Jul 01, 2013 18:47 |  #4

Very beautiful birds and nice captures of same.


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Jul 02, 2013 00:40 |  #5

Very nice Gail.


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Jul 02, 2013 08:49 |  #6

Well done! We get them here also....always a pretty bird.




  
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Jul 02, 2013 09:02 |  #7

What fun! :) Very pretty friend you have there


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Jul 02, 2013 10:09 as a reply to  @ Snydremark's post |  #8

Thanks all. I am hoping the female is nesting, haven't seen here for over a week:confused:


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Jul 02, 2013 11:19 |  #9

Nice close ups. The first one really shows how he got his name.




  
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Jul 02, 2013 22:08 |  #10

Wow, these are superb shots Gail. The lighting is excellent!


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Jul 02, 2013 22:52 |  #11

It's so great when a little bird trusts you like that, isn't it? Lovely shots, Gail.


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Jul 03, 2013 08:47 |  #12

jodelak wrote in post #16086077 (external link)
Wow, these are superb shots Gail. The lighting is excellent!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #16086166 (external link)
It's so great when a little bird trusts you like that, isn't it? Lovely shots, Gail.

Thanks....Levina, it is nice;)


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Jul 03, 2013 09:46 |  #13

Great shots, Gail. Tough bird here in California. They like the tree tops too much to get pics of them.


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Jul 03, 2013 11:58 |  #14

chubri777 wrote in post #16087215 (external link)
Great shots, Gail. Tough bird here in California. They like the tree tops too much to get pics of them.

Chuck, the female showed up yesterday, but two is the most I have ever seen here.


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Jul 04, 2013 12:04 |  #15

Very nice! Hey, why don't I see those guys over here? See what you've done! Now I'll obsess over shooting them now...


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