Hummer backing up

Wow! Great pictures. Love the hummers.

Wow, what a stunning shot is the first image! Nice one, beautiful capture of the hummer frozen in mid-air, phew what a capture, well done.
Then followed by two other excellent captures.

Absolutely beautiful! One of the best sets of hummingbirds I've seen.
And I really appreciate your explanations behind the photos...they add so much!

Beautiful additions; Just wish I could see these wonderful birds once in a while..

MagicallyDelicious wrote in post #2032203
gorgeous shot

Thank you

reewik wrote in post #2032290
Nice ones!

Glad you like them

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #2032343
Beautiful images here Bea. I like them all. Great action and colors, good light and detail and great subjects. I have observed many birds that go into a panting like pose with the beak open and I have only ever noticed this on very hot days. I am just guessing but probably a means to cool down and Hummers are propbably more prone to overheating considering their metabolism.

Thanks Gary! The panting was very strange, I've seen other birds do it but never the hummers. We had a pretty hot and relatively humid summer this year and yesterday was nothing compared to the heat we had. But he was zooming around as if a swarm of hornets was chasing him, it was incredible! He must have felt like a long distance sprinter.

winkie wrote in post #2032414
excellent series. gorgeous hummers

Thanks, Winkie! The hummers are very cute and lots of fun to watch

D.C. wrote in post #2032469
Wow! Great pictures. Love the hummers.

Thanks, D.C.

Anthony J Howe wrote in post #2033806
Wow, what a stunning shot is the first image! Nice one, beautiful capture of the hummer frozen in mid-air, phew what a capture, well done.
Then followed by two other excellent captures.

Thank you so much for your kind comment, Tony!

Peregrin wrote in post #2033827
Absolutely beautiful! One of the best sets of hummingbirds I've seen.
And I really appreciate your explanations behind the photos...they add so much!

Thank you, Peregrin! Glad you like the pics and the explainations (good to know I didn't put everyone to sleep )

busbyea wrote in post #2034800
Beautiful additions; Just wish I could see these wonderful birds once in a while..

Thanks again, Ted! Don't you get any hummers in Ontario? No Ruby-throated? Hang out a feeder next summer, you may get lucky

Beautiful captures Bea. It's amazing to watch these birds in flight and to capture them with such sharpness is a great contribution.

Wow, another marvelous job Bea! These are fantastic! The timing in #1 is just priceless. Love the portrait in #3. The story behind these definitely makes them more special.