The wildfire smoke finally subsided enough for me to get up into the mountains yesterday. Once again hummingbirds were on the agenda and this time they were really feeling their oats…err, nectar.
The potential was there but except for some interesting behavior near the end I might as well have stayed home.
His reactions seemed a little overdramatic if you ask me. After all, kingfishers are 9 times larger (heavier) than Cliff Swallows.
While watching the sexual and pugnacious antics of these sandpipers I described the situation as a “sex circus” to my shooting companion. Not far from the truth if you ask me.
Cliff Swallows are highly belligerent and pugnacious toward others of their own kind, especially when gathering nesting material but almost any time will do.
I’ve never been more intimidated in the field with a camera in my hand than I was at this moment.
One of these combatants could give any human prize fighter a lesson on how to land back-to-back haymakers.
Ringing in the new year with older images. Each of the following six photos was published in the two month period between December 1, 2010 and January 31, 2011.
