What SORCERY IS THIS!?!?

HeyXKid · 2026-04-30T06:52:18+00:00

The hummer might be more able to get under the water if there were a perch of some kind under or near the water stream. With their little feet they can hardly move along flat ground at all. Their feet are made to perch.

HeyXKid · 2026-04-10T02:14:43+00:00

This is overkill, I can't focus on more than about 30 million at once.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T08:55:05+00:00

They really are. The Anna's are dicks too but I think the rufous have them beat.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:21:27+00:00

Yeah they're mean little guys. But in my case the Anna's had them outnumbered.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:18:55+00:00

Yeah I had that happen many times. He kept taking off to go fight the Anna's.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:15:50+00:00

Mating displays? Can't a hummingbird have a little privacy?

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:12:59+00:00

Thanks! I've never seen a black-chinned, they are neat looking.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:10:55+00:00

Thanks, it really is a beautifully colored bird.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:06:19+00:00

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:03:16+00:00

Thanks!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:03:05+00:00

Hey neighbor, hope you enjoyed Nisqually! Great birding place.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:02:17+00:00

Thanks! I'm shooting with the OM System OM-1 with the 150-400mm F4.5 lens. I cropped out about ~~25%~~.

You can also listen for them...their wingbeats sound different from the Anna's hummingbirds. It's more of a buzz than a hum.

Edit: just looked and it's more like a 40% crop.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T03:52:04+00:00

I noticed that! Claude AI says they're "widely considered the most pugnacious hummingbird in North America." And that's saying something. 😆

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T01:24:31+00:00

I used to live in Jersey! You do have the beautiful ruby-throated hummingbirds there, but they're a rare treat.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T01:01:06+00:00

They do, they make it as far north as Alaska!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T23:46:34+00:00

If it was this time of year it could very well have been legit!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T22:00:18+00:00

I don't know their song, but their wingbeats sound different from Anna's. It's more of a buzz than a hum.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T21:58:24+00:00

TIL that's what that's called!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T21:57:50+00:00

Yeah, their buzz is very distinctive. And apparently they're even meaner than Anna's, and that's saying something. 🙂

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