Overcast this morning for a dog walk on a nearby park. Often I bring my gears for photobirding opportunities on such walks while the wife handles the dog (actually we are just dog sitting for our son). Not fond of using ISO6400 for BIF but there were some swallows (four types) on the lake and can't help but did some practice. Missed the actual pick-up but a fun sequence just the same. Will try my luck again the next few days when the light is better hopefully to get more subject details
p.9 #16Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Douglas L wrote: arbitrage wroteSaturday April 12...Geoff, in the second picture, was it a male hummer feeding the babies? I thought male hummers don't take care of their babies?
That is the female. The breading females have very large gorgets but only on their throats and sometimes even a larger streamer back towards the side like the males have. But the male would have its entire head in purple. You are correct in that the males take no part in raising the young.
The male is purple over the entire face as in this shot:
p.9 #17Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
arbitrage wrote: Douglas L wrotearbitrage wroteSaturday April 12...Geoff, in the second picture, was it a male hummer feeding the babies? I thought male hummers don't take care of their babies?That is the female. The breading females have very large gorgets but only on their throats and sometimes even a larger streamer back towards the side like the males have. But the male would have its entire head in purple. You are correct in that the males take no part in raising the young.
The male is purple over the entire face as in this shot:
Thanks for the explanation. Are these Anna’s hummingbird? We only get the ruby-throated hummers in our region. They are here now but I haven’t seen one in my yard yet. ,
p.9 #18Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Douglas L wrote: arbitrage wroteDouglas L wrotearbitrage wroteSaturday April 12...Geoff, in the second picture, was it a male hummer feeding the babies? I thought male hummers don't take care of their babies?That is the female. The breading females have very large gorgets but only on their throats and sometimes even a larger streamer back towards the side like the males have. But the male would have its entire head in purple. You are correct in that the males take no part in raising the young.
The male is purple over the entire face as in this shot:Thanks for the explanation. Are these Anna’s hummingbird? We only get the ruby-throated hummers in our region. They are here now but I haven’t seen one in my yard yet. ,
Yes, Anna's. We don't get Ruby-throated. Only Anna's and Rufous.
p.9 #19Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
In 2019, I had a male Anna's show up on Oct. 24 and stayed, molted into adult male, got pretty and left the Sunday before Christmas. This was in Central Texas. I had several females in the following years during the winter months. Also, get Rufous in the winter.
