I’ve almost given up trying to get freeze-frame photos of hummingbirds in flight: the special equipment and the superior patience required are both unavailable in my case. Almost given up: I won’t commit to swearing off it entirely.
But the little flitters are a staple of my frequent walks along the desert wash that snakes (figuratively and literally, I suppose) through my winter neighbourhood, so I’m still trying to catch them in static but interesting and well-lit poses. And the game continues.
They are just “cute as a button” !
Alison – And not much bigger! Thanks!
Rather better than any hummingbird photo I’ve ever taken, to be sure !
Ralph – 🙂
I recognize the one on the right. He has an Air B&B booked in our mountain ash tree for the summer.
Jim T
Jim – Yes, the first time I saw hummingbirds in the wild was in BC – just across the border, so still on the Yellowhead Highway and at a reasonably high altitude. But I’ve never seen one in Alberta.
I am sure you will have a whole host of Albertans sending you photos of our hummingbirds ~ if they will stay still long enough to be photographed – the birds not the Albertans. Although I must admit I didn’t see my first hummingbird until after I retired and was lazing away time at Pigeon Lake.
Dorothy – Good heavens. It must be a sign of the End of Times- hummingbirds in Alberta! Or possibly a sign of the limits of my knowledge . . . 🙂 In any event, I’m glad you can enjoy them at Pigeon Lake.