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Yesterday morning in the Wasatch Mountains I spent a long time with a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird who was intent on protecting his patch from other hummingbirds. I only saw him feeding on the flowers below him once, briefly. He spent most of the rest of his time on several high perches watching his patch for intruding hummingbirds.<\/p>\n

Whenever he spotted one, which was fairly often, he gave furious chase.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 1000, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When he landed here it took me a couple of seconds to lock focus on him. As is my habit with hummers, I fired off a quick, short burst as soon as I had him in focus. This is shot #1 in the burst and it just so happened that he’d already spotted an intruder and was about to take off after it. I didn’t see the trespasser because I was looking through my lens, but I heard it fly fast from my left to my right.<\/p>\n

Less than 1\/10th of a second after this shot was taken he was already in hot pursuit.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 1000, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I adore his takeoff posture as seen mostly from his dorsal side but still with good light on his face and a catch light in his eye. The forward sweep of his wings is an indicator of his intention to accelerate quickly as he chases the intruder. His open bill suggests that he was chirping, as they usually during chases.<\/p>\n

I’ve captured this hummingbird takeoff posture from this angle a time or two in the past but never in a high quality photo with plenty of detail and a sharp bird. So yes, I was tickled to get it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A photo I’ve lusted after for a very long time. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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