📸 “Touchdown!”

❓Did you know hummingbirds comprise the biological family Trochilidae? The family Trochilidae was introduced in 1825 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors with Trochilus as the type genus.

Field Notes:

Camera: Canon EOS 6D

Lens: Canon EF 100mm – 400mm

Focal Length: 400mm

Shutter Speed 1/400

Aperture: f5.6

ISO: 4000

Time of Day:  7:10p.m.

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📸 “He huffed! And He Puffed! – 30 Days of Hummingbirds – Day 24

Photographer’s Note: I really wish this one was just a little bit crisper because he was so cute sitting on this branch.  Oh well, it does have a little bit of a water color effect…..don’t you think?

❓Did you know a male hummingbird will puff out his chest and throat to show his beautiful feathers and then toss his head from side to side so the feathers will flash in the light to tell the females in his territory that he is ready to breed? 

Field Notes:

Camera: Canon EOS 6D

Lens: Canon EF 100mm – 400mm

Focal Length: 180mm

Shutter Speed 1/160

Aperture: f5.6

ISO: 3200

Time of Day:  96:52p.m.

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📸 “Spread Your Wings and Fly O Mighty One” – 30 Days of Hummingbirds – Day 23

❓While we’re on the topic of migration, did you know Hummingbird migration is triggered by circadian or daily internal clock and the circannual rhythm or yearly clock. Changes in the weather, temperature, time of season, decline in food supply and shorter days with less sunlight are factors that influence the beginning of fall migration.

Field Notes:
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm – 400mm
Focal Length: 400mm
Shutter Speed 1/640
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 4000
Time of Day: 9:41a.m.

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📸 “This Looks Like a Soft Place to Land” – 30 Days of Hummingbirds – Day 22

❓Did you know Hummingbirds are the smallest migrating bird. They don’t migrate in flocks like other species, and they typically travel alone for up to 500 miles at a time.

Field Notes:
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm – 400mm
Focal Length: 400mm
Shutter Speed 1/2000
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 1250
Time of Day: 10:27a.m.

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📸 “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

❓Did you know a hummingbird’s brilliant throat color is not caused by feather pigmentation, but rather by iridescence in the arrangement of the feathers? Light level, moisture, angle of viewing, wear and tear, and other factors all influence just how bright and colorful the throat may appear. Just like a rainbow!

Field Notes:
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm – 400mm
Focal Length: 400mm
Shutter Speed 1/100
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1250
Time of Day: 6:11p.m.

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📸 “Table for 2!” – 30 Days of Hummingbirds – Day 19

❓Did you know a flock of hummingbirds can be referred to as a bouquet, a glittering, a hover, a shimmer, or a tune?

Field Notes:
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm – 400mm
Focal Length: 235mm
Shutter Speed 1/100
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 1250
Time of Day: 7:29p.m.

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