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This lovely lady Rufous Hummingbird
let me get my camera very lose to her and take this macro shot.
Photographed on top of Big Falls in the Spring Mountains, Nevada.
July 2007.
Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world and are recognized as the second largest family (Trochilidae) in the New World. They are found only in the New World (North, Central and South America), from the steamy tropics, to mountains, to desert areas.
They have the ablility to hoover and fly backwards, which is impressive to watch.
Comments
[ Post a Comment ]| Alpinist | Great shot! | | 
Voted 10/10 | You have so many great wildlife photos. How do you do it?! | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 6:02 pm |
 | | Anya Jingle | Re: Great shot! | | 
Hasn't voted | Thank you. Well, I love animals and perhaps it is mutual. I hope it is. | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 6:13 pm |
| | tomi | Re: Great shot! | | 
Voted 10/10 | He is right. All your wildlife photos are really great. You should send some to National Geographic.
Cheers. | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 6:44 pm |
| | Anya Jingle | Re: Great shot! | |
Hasn't voted | Aww, thank you Tomi. I'm not really fishing for compliments, but this is one of the nicest I ever got. The praise should also go to my "models" They are gorgeous miracles of nature. Cheers. | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 9:59 pm |
| Henryk | Beautiful photo ! | | 
Voted 10/10 | Anya, your bird`s images are amazing. Great shot. Henryk | | Posted Jul 14, 2007 1:19 pm |
| | Anya Jingle | Re: Beautiful photo ! | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you :) I'm glad you like them. | | Posted Jul 14, 2007 10:27 pm |
| rdmc | Soooo close.... | | 
Voted 10/10 | ... how do you do that?! You always have great wildlife photos. You do have an amazing talent. | | Posted Jul 15, 2007 10:09 am |
| | Anya Jingle | Re: Soooo close.... | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you. This photo took a lot of patience. After unsuccessful attempts of getting close to other hummingbirds, I finally found one that didn't mind me sitting next to "her" branch. | | Posted Jul 15, 2007 3:27 pm |
| stjepan | The smallest, | | 
Hasn't voted | but caught easily in a photo trap. Yet another amazing shot,congratulations,stjepan | | Posted Aug 20, 2007 4:31 pm |
| | Anya Jingle | Re: The smallest, | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my lovely friend :) What's really funny is that she tolerated my presence next to her, but each time another hummingbird showed up nearby she would chase them away. I felt honored.
Geetings, Anya. | | Posted Aug 20, 2007 5:52 pm |
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