[Leica] Arizona hummers

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

............. and some say there is no God, it all happened by  
accident ............

B.

On 5-jan-2006, at 1:38, Adam Bridge wrote:

> This winter the hummers around the house are very busy - especially
> because they have a nest in the orange tree only a few meters away.
> (I'm trying to shift to metric.)
>
> Today I was sitting on the deck trying to do something artistic with
> frost-damaged bougainvillea blossoms, the Leica 100 APO mounted on the
> 1Ds, when this little guy came to feed.
>
> The images are heavily cropped - in fact they are 100% pixel for
> pixel. I may have over-sharpened the first one.
>
> I am not good at bird identification, however I think these are
> broad-tailed hummingbirds.
>
> I'm really sharing them because I love the green iridescence on their
> backs. When the male sits on the tree and turns his head there's a
> bright flash of red as the light catches his feathers just right.
>
> In the morning, when I go out to pick the morning's grapefruit, the
> male sits on a branch deep within the tree and scolds me. Somewhere,
> up near the top, I'm certain there is a nest with young. I can hear
> activity and the vocalizations of the birds. I can't see the nest and
> I won't challenge the birds any more than I have to.
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8281.jpg>
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8282.jpg>
>
> I've been shooting with the 560 and the 280 as well but these are the
> sharpest by far.
>
> Comments welcome. And if I'm wrong about the identification I'd be
> pleased to be corrected.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Adam
>
>
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