{"id":101997,"date":"2021-09-05T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101997"},"modified":"2021-09-05T08:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T14:04:05","slug":"my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/","title":{"rendered":"My Last Hummingbird Photos Of The Season (probably)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This hummingbird season started out slowly before it eventually grew to a crescendo and now, at least for me, it seems to be ending abruptly. These photos, taken five days ago, are looking like they&#8217;ll be the last hummer photos I&#8217;ll take this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notes about the eight photos below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They were taken on Antelope Island as the Rufous Hummingbirds (and the White-lined Sphinx Moths I&#8217;ve posted photos of recently) were nectaring on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (<em>Cleome serrulata<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>The wildfire smoke was thicker than it&#8217;s ever been when I&#8217;ve attempted to photograph birds in flight. It shows in the color shift in the photos and in the camera settings I was forced to use in order to get as much shutter speed as possible (personally, the color shift is beginning to grow on me&#8230;). In most of these shots the bird is sharp but the wings are slightly soft due to motion blur.<\/li>\n<li>All photos are presented in the order they were taken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630393412&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 7704 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101998 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, 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<p>This one is a little different than the rest of them because the pink bee plant flowers play only a supporting role in the image. I think the photo looks a little like an oriental print, but then what do I know about oriental art&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630393977&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 7760 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101999 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7760-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, 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<p>For some of my earlier shots, with the smoke so thick and the sun so low in the sky, I was getting a shutter speed of less than 1\/1000. That just isn&#8217;t fast enough for hummers in flight so I was forced to increase my ISO to 1600. That helped but of course it tended to increase the digital noise in my images.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102000\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"767,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630394035&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 7845 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102000 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley.jpg 767w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7845-ron-dudley-128x150.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, 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<p>Not a great shot in some ways but I think it&#8217;s interesting because it almost looks like the bird is standing on its tail on the flower. Or perhaps dancing on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630394156&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 7896 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102001 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7896-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, 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<p>Another nectaring shot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630394165&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 7908 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102002 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7908-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, 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<p>I think the 3D effect in this photo is pretty dramatic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630394175&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 7931 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102003 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley.\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7931-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, 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<p>Here the bird was rotating its body in midair in order to fly away from the flower it had been feeding on. Abruptly changing direction like this resulted in an asymmetrical wing position that I don&#8217;t often see in my photos of hummers in flight. I was very lucky to get this one sharp, except for the wings of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630394376&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 8124 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102004 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8124-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/1600, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, 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<p>By now the sun had risen high enough that its light didn&#8217;t have to pass through quite so much smoke. So I decreased my ISO to 1250 which helped a little with noise in many of my later photos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,783\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630396703&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 8584 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102005 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-8584-ron-dudley-150x131.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, 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<p>I&#8217;m including this last photo more for the flowers than the bird. This shot (combined with the previous one) gives the reader a pretty good sense of the structure of bee plant flower clusters, as described below by the USDA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>&#8220;The nectar-filled blossoms are clustered in elongated racemes near the top portion of the stems and attract a diverse array of pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and wasps. Each flower has four petals and sepals and six long showy stamens. This species has a long blooming season: anytime from May thru September, depending on location and elevation. The fruits are distinctive podlike capsules, up to four inches long, and droop downward from elongated stalks.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it, probably my last hummer photos of the season.<\/p>\n<p>I say &#8220;last&#8221; because they&#8217;re leaving quickly, I probably won&#8217;t go out shooting again until the busy holiday season is over (I don&#8217;t do well in crowds) and even the hummers in my yard have almost completely disappeared. Yesterday I only saw a single Black-chinned Hummingbird show up at my feeder after weeks of having many of them.<\/p>\n<p>I say &#8220;probably&#8221; because with birds I&#8217;ve learned to never say never.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This hummingbird season started out slowly before it eventually grew to a crescendo and now, at least for me, it seems to be ending abruptly<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/05\/my-last-hummingbird-photos-of-the-season-probably\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,6,334,392,3512],"tags":[31,5906,146,5900,5931,5930,2173,2187,3543],"class_list":["post-101997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island","category-bird-photography-methods","category-birds","category-feeding-bird-behaviors","category-rufous-hummingbirds","tag-antelope-island-2","tag-cleome-serrulata","tag-flight","tag-nectaring","tag-photographing-at-high-isos","tag-rocky-mountain-bee-plant-flower-structure","tag-rufous-hummingbird","tag-selasphorus-rufus","tag-wildfire-smoke"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rufous-hummingbird-7704-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-qx7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101997"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102041,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101997\/revisions\/102041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}