Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird sipping nectar – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Note: I am still having some server issues and the company that hosts my server is working on them. I haven’t been able to send or receive domain based email since Saturday and the site goes down now and then or looks horribly formatted. My apologies for not responding to emails or if they are bouncing back saying they are undeliverable. I hope they get this sorted out today.
Just a short post today with a photo of a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird getting nectar from an unknown wildflower, or at least it is unknown to me. I took this photo on July 21, 2019 and when I was at the same location a few days ago I noted that these orange colored wildflowers had finished blooming and were setting seed. I haven’t had time to figure out what the plant is but I was happy to see that the hummingbirds like it.
Update: Thanks to my friends Eve Wills and Sally Wood I now know that this is a Lanceleaf Figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) that the hummingbird is feeding from.
It won’t be long before the hummingbirds migrate so I am going to try to photograph them as often as I can.
Life is good.
Mia
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WHAT a beauty. I do hope your server issues can be sorted. Quickly and completely.
I love your hummingbird shots. Time and again I have been amazed at the detail and clarity you capture in your pics of these crazy quick little guys. Thanks Mia.
Wow, that is a perfect shot! Beautiful Hummer and beautiful flower.
I do hope your westerners know how lucky they are in the hummingbird department. We do love our singular ruby-throated. They become like pets around the feeders. Scolding us, hassling the cat and each other when the nectar gets low. It’s a lovely time in Vermont!
Great shot Mia, beautiful bird!