{"id":62680,"date":"2018-08-25T05:19:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T11:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=62680"},"modified":"2018-08-25T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:00:18","slug":"two-hummingbird-species-in-the-mountains-yesterday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/25\/two-hummingbird-species-in-the-mountains-yesterday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Hummingbird Species In The Mountains Yesterday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

And I’m stumped on the ID of one of them. A little help from my friends?<\/p>\n

Yesterday I spent most of the morning photographing birds at a single cluster of berry bushes in the Wasatch Mountains. Berries of various species are unusually\u00a0abundant this year and birds are taking full advantage. The shooting was tough because they spent most of their time buried in the bushes eating berries but over 2 hours and 15 minutes\u00a0I had opportunities with at least thirteen species without moving from the same spot or even starting my engine. Can’t beat that!<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, 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

One of them was this Rufous Hummingbird that landed on a branch for a few moments and watched the feeding frenzy of other species. I do wish it had been a little closer but I like the dappled light in the background and the light on the\u00a0bird.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, 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

And this hummer seemed to do the same thing from a different, almost vertical perch. I’m struggling with ID on this bird so I’d appreciate some help from\u00a0readers who are more\u00a0hummingbird-knowledgeable than myself.<\/p>\n

I often can’t get as close to hummingbirds in the wild as I’d like but I still much prefer images of them taken in wild settings than photos taken at feeders or even at back yard flowers. For me\u00a0natural settings\u00a0just can’t be beat, despite their “imperfections.”<\/p>\n

Damn, it felt good to be photographing birds again! It had been 10 days since I’d been “out there” and I believe that’s the longest time I’ve gone without photographing birds in the last ten years except for when I went to\u00a0Florida to be with daughter\u00a0Shannon after her brain injury. I\u00a0was definitely\u00a0having withdrawal symptoms.<\/p>\n

If I’m not careful this bird photography thing\u00a0could become a habit…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Addendum: There’s been some discussion in the comments about whether this second bird is a female Broad-tailed or a female Black-chinned Hummingbird so here’s a shot I took of the bird as it took off away from me. I suspect this view, when combined with the previous one, might give some of my readers convincing evidence of\u00a0which species it is. <\/em><\/p>\n

Since I was asking for ID I probably should have posted both photos in the first place…<\/em><\/p>\n

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And I’m stumped on the ID of one of them. A little help from my friends?<\/p>\n

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