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Male Rufous

18 years ago

Got this shot this evening just before sundown . . .

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Frank

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flowerpowereverett
18 years ago
Aw Frank, you made my day! Thanks for posting and aren't they a pretty pair.
oubliette
18 years ago
Gorgeous!
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Absolutely LOVE the photos, Steve!! I have to say, even though it's cool to see the hummer in them, the last one is my favorite. What a pose! And I just love our little Carolina anoles. I have 3 or 4 that have become regulars in my yard in the last 2 years, thanks to my constant war against the Cuban treefrogs. They have made a "shakey" peace with the Cuban anoles, and stay out of each other's way, mostly. The treefrogs do more damage to them at this point than the competing anoles, but regardless, I love your pictures. I need to refill my feeders TODAY. They have been getting emptied, even though I haven't seen a hummer in a couple of weeks, and now I know it MIGHT be the anoles, too. Never even considered that before. I always blamed it on wasps, who do drink there from time to time. Thanks so much for sharing those great photos! Marcia
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From the pictures I sent the bander, she thinks its a female Black Chinned. The description in my book for a female is dull green to golden green above forecrown dull gray to grayish tan. Pale gray below sides washed gray-green. Cheek dull gray. Throat unmarked or with variable dusky streaking. Tail square to slightly notched or double rounded extends slightly beyond wingtips. Bill long slightly to moderatley decurved. The one I had had little green and the bill seemed really long compared to the Rufous and Rubies. Also the tail seemed longer. If you go do a search for posts by mboston, you will find a couple that have pictures of my hummers this year. Please check them out. "Gracee" as I named her, left here around the 29th of March. She isn't banded. Breeding areas are south-central Mexico thru western half Texas, southern & western OK,NM, Ar,Utah, and some of CO. It is considered the western counterpart of the Ruby. I guess they are seeing more of them in GA and FL than in the past in the winters. Happy hummer season, Steve.
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jenny_in_se_pa
18 years ago
Awww... and they even posed! Great shot!
sarahbn
18 years ago
Beautiful!! Sarah
ltcollins1949
18 years ago
Cool picture of two cool hummers!
Verna2
18 years ago
Lovely Frank...I would love to go somewhere to see something other than the Rubies we get in IN...although I do love seeing them too!
Verna
CHARANN102
18 years ago
Fantastic picture. Thanks for sharing with us Frank.

Charlotte
mimidi
18 years ago
Good picture Frank. I think that you have them trained to pose for you.
mobius122
18 years ago
Awesome pic Frank. I shot three rolls Sunday night, dropped them off last night for developing. I'm hoping mine turn out as well as yours. What equipment are you using if I might ask?
frankj
Original Author
18 years ago
mobius122: FILM?!?!? Ouch . . . that's gotta' get expensive!

I've got an Olympus E-10 and my wife's Canon PowerShot S50. Most of the time I set one of them up on a tripod set to take a shot every 60 seconds, and may get one or two, (Or NONE!), good shots out of a 100. I do take some hand-held, but with all the action around my feeders the tripod auto method seems to work pretty good and I don't have to stand around and wait!

Frank
cookiesdoc
18 years ago
Frank, you have the BEST pictures by far. Keep them coming!

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