{"id":21358,"date":"2014-01-12T06:20:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=21358"},"modified":"2014-01-12T06:20:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T13:20:52","slug":"hummingbird-respite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hummingbird-respite\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbird Respite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow, cold, fog, dreary skies, poor light and polluted air – that’s all we’ve had for many days and I’m sick of it!\u00a0 This morning I need a reprieve and hummingbirds will provide it.<\/p>\n

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A little over four months ago I spent several days\u00a0with hummingbirds\u00a0as they scoured a patch of Rocky Mountain Bee Plant for nectar\u00a0on Antelope Island.\u00a0 I believe they were fueling up for migration because they were only there in good numbers for about a week and then they were gone.\u00a0 There were several species present but I’m almost completely ignorant regarding hummingbird\u00a0identification (especially when it comes to females) so I won’t even make an attempt here.\u00a0 Each of these photos was taken on the same day, 8\/30\/13 and are images I haven’t posted previously.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2500, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There were so many large and inviting flower clusters in the patch that at times the birds seemed overwhelmed by the choice.\u00a0 This was my first ever\u00a0extended session with hummingbirds and when I look at the images I’m quite\u00a0impressed by the relative size of their eyes.<\/p>\n

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Here you can see why their faces and the\u00a0base of their bills\u00a0were nearly always covered by pollen.\u00a0 Those long filaments with pollen-covered anthers at the end made it inevitable as they buried their bill-tips into the depths of the flowers.\u00a0 What a grand design of adaptation in both species.<\/p>\n

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There were so many flowers in the patch that I only occasionally got an image of a bird feeding without\u00a0flower color in the background.<\/p>\n

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On this morning there wasn’t quite enough light to freeze the wings without ramping up my ISO above 800 which I’m reluctant to do with the Canon 7D but I’m perfectly fine with a little wing\u00a0motion blur, particularly in hummingbirds.\u00a0 I don’t use flash because I don’t like its effects – on the image or on the bird.<\/p>\n

Ok, I feel a little better now.\u00a0 Some hummingbirds, a little color and summertime memories were quite\u00a0therapeutic.\u00a0 Our forecast actually calls for sunshine for much of next week so maybe I’ll\u00a0be able to get out and photograph some birds.\u00a0 That assumes of course that the weatherpersons\u00a0are right, which they are about half the time.\u00a0 If they’re on a lucky streak…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow, cold, fog, dreary skies, poor light and polluted air – that’s all we’ve had for many days and I’m sick of it! This morning I need a reprieve and hummingbirds will provide it..<\/p>\n

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