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Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Cliff L.
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p.1 #1 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

I was hanging out on the deck waiting for hummingbirds to come for their daily dip in our little fountain, and this guy (gal) showed up...

Canon EOS R5m2 RF600mm F4 L IS USM lens 600mm f/4.0 1/3200s 1600 ISO 0.0 EV

Canon EOS R5m2 RF600mm F4 L IS USM lens 600mm f/4.0 1/2500s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV

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Jun 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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p.1 #2 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Dryocopus pileatus, otherwise know as the hummingbird wannabe, heh. Nice catch!
Eric

Jun 15, 2025 at 06:46 AM

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p.1 #3 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Probably a Piliated Woodpecker

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/overview

Morris

Jun 15, 2025 at 07:05 AM

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p.1 #4 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Lovely shots ! Love the first one.

Birdie

Jun 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM

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p.1 #5 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

A fledgling Pileated, as Cliff already knew.

Bet you didn't need the 600mm for that one.

Tony

Jun 15, 2025 at 03:58 PM

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p.1 #6 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Imagemaster wrote:
A fledgling Pileated, as Cliff already knew.

Bet you didn't need the 600mm for that one.

Tony

Nope - the 600 was way too long, and I was afraid I'd scare him off if I tried to back up (or I would have fallen off the edge of the deck...)

Jun 15, 2025 at 06:17 PM

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p.1 #7 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

What a nice surprise.

John

Jun 16, 2025 at 08:39 AM

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p.1 #8 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Indeed a surprise!

Dan

Jun 16, 2025 at 01:24 PM

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p.1 #9 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Nice photos, but it's a "her" and not a "him".
Glen

Jun 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM

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p.1 #10 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Excellent! Time to get a bigger fountain!

Jun 17, 2025 at 04:52 PM

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p.1 #11 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?

Love the colors and detail.

Jun 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM


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