{"id":101354,"date":"2021-08-14T06:01:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T12:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101354"},"modified":"2021-08-14T07:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T13:06:26","slug":"a-spider-and-a-hummingbird-from-yesterday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/14\/a-spider-and-a-hummingbird-from-yesterday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spider And A Hummingbird From Yesterday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

How’s that for a mixed bag?<\/p>\n

A week ago I was asked to stop by the Antelope Island Visitor Center to pick up a thank you gift from State Parks staff for judging their Spider Fest Photo Contest so yesterday morning I visited the island again for the first time in many months. Every year I try to photograph spiders on the island at least once so while I was there I decided to take a stab at it.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender<\/em><\/p>\n

I prefer to photograph spiders in the early morning when the light is soft and I have a better chance of getting a shaded background to make their webs show up better. This orb weaver is the only spider I photographed yesterday and I thought this shot turned out pretty well, despite the side light. Or maybe because of<\/em> the side light.<\/p>\n

At that point my intended mission on the island was accomplished and I headed for home but at the last minute I decided to take a detour and look for Rocky Mountain Bee Plant at a different location. Bee plant is blooming this time of year and the flowers often attract hummingbirds, especially migrating Rufous Hummingbirds, so I wanted to see if I’d get lucky.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

After waiting for longer than I wanted to this single Rufous Hummingbird showed up at the only patch of bee plant I could find. It was tough shooting because the breeze was blowing the flowers and the bird around but I do like this shot.<\/p>\n

Notice all the greenish pollen stuck to the trailing edge of ‘his’ wing. Some of the flowers were packed very close together so as he was nectaring it would have been impossible for his wings to avoid those pollen-packed anthers at the end of their long stamens. Given the incredible speed of hummingbird wings one might expect the pollen on the wings to be flung off immediately but the fact that it’s still there is an indication of just how sticky pollen really is.<\/p>\n

I got more photos of this hummer that I may post at another time.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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How’s that for a mixed bag?<\/p>\n

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