Male Costas hummingbird from this morning

It's not often I catch my favorite male Costas hummingbird in the sun.

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Those are fantastic! That first one really shows the range of color on top of his head nicely.

The HB's seem to have stopped coming around my place. They ignore my feeder and seem to once in a while use our bird bath fountain. Can never catch one on camera. Very jealous...

Gorgeous shots; well done.
Al

Thanks very much. This male has been hanging out all summer protecting my (his) feeder. He's typically around in the morning and late afternoon and there are a couple of intruders he deals with throughout the day. There's been a male Anna's coming to the feeder in the afternoon but he's very skittish and flies off if I make any motion at all. The Costas allows me to get very close.

Here's one more from this morning.

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Great captures Gene

These are beautiful! Great detail and brilliant color.

Gene, amazing details!

Thanks so much. The shots in the sun were pretty vibrant but my favorite from today is the one where he's in flight. Its my new desktop wallpaper at 2560x1440.

Here's a shot taken just moments before the in flight one above. He was winding up but hadn't left the "launch pad" yet.

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Very nice shots!

John

navydoc wrote in post #16221463
Thanks very much. This male has been hanging out all summer protecting my (his) feeder. He's typically around in the morning and late afternoon and there are a couple of intruders he deals with throughout the day. There's been a male Anna's coming to the feeder in the afternoon but he's very skittish and flies off if I make any motion at all. The Costas allows me to get very close.

Here's one more from this morning.

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Beautiful series Gene, but this one is the stand out for me. Love it!

Well done Gene....lovin' #1

Wonderful shots Gene.

jodelak wrote in post #16243079
Beautiful series Gene, but this one is the stand out for me. Love it!

TedEllis wrote in post #16244235
Well done Gene....lovin' #1

Lester Wareham wrote in post #16244402
Wonderful shots Gene.

Thanks very much. As I mentioned, it isn't often that the bush the Costas likes to perch on is in the sun since he prefers the shade so it was great to have everything fall in place for me...

This one is still my favorite of the set:

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These are really nice Gene! Wow!