{"id":139397,"date":"2023-07-13T05:56:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T11:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=139397"},"modified":"2023-07-13T06:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T12:43:12","slug":"male-broad-tailed-hummingbird-in-my-new-favorite-takeoff-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/13\/male-broad-tailed-hummingbird-in-my-new-favorite-takeoff-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird In My New Favorite Takeoff Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the boring to the sublime in less than a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Two days ago in the Wasatch Mountains this male Broad-tailed Hummingbird wasn’t particularly close and he stubbornly refused to give me much when it comes to interesting poses while he was perched. He was also partially side-lit which didn’t help.<\/p>\n

It was almost like he was deliberately trying to frustrate me with unflattering poses and turning his head to put poor light on his face. Only this shot held much interest for me because I caught his gorget almost fully lit up and a catch light in his eye at the same time, which for me at least doesn’t happen very often.<\/p>\n

But he atoned for his stubbornness when he took off.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

On one of the two times he launched from this dead serviceberry twig his head went down, his tail went up, he flared his tail and turned his head just enough to his left to put light on his face and in his eye. It’s a hummingbird takeoff posture I’ve only captured one other time and that was early last month when it happened with another male Broad-tailed Hummingbird<\/a><\/span><\/span> within about 100′ of where I photographed this one.<\/p>\n

Who knows, maybe they’re the same bird and he has a habit of taking off like this. If so, I’m grateful.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: If you’re wondering why he appears to have a bicolored or mottled bill, it’s because the right side of his bill was smeared with pollen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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From the boring to the sublime in less than a heartbeat. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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