I’ve photographed a variety of songbirds, wading birds and raptors throwing pellets but yesterday was the first time I’ve been able to document a wren of any species exhibiting the behavior.
This little guy gave me quite a few interesting stretching poses at different angles.
Photographing hummingbirds during the landing process is more difficult than one might think so of course I missed the shots of the most incredible landing I’ve ever seen, from any bird of any species.
If you time it just right even the wings of a hummingbird in flight can be reasonably sharp at relatively slow shutter speeds.
Any bird photographer who thinks they’re skilled at tracking birds in flight should attempt to photograph hummingbird aerial combat. It’s a humbling experience.
Yesterday morning we found a spot in the mountains that was hummingbird heaven for this bird photographer.
Black-chinned aren’t as colorful as the Rufous Hummingbirds I also photographed on these wild flowers but they gave me more interesting poses and behaviors.
Perhaps this hummingbird was getting tired of being pushed around by monarch butterflies and took its frustrations out on this little guy.
