Monday, June 6, 2011

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female)

FEMALE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS), GREEN, MICHIGAN, JUNE 1, 2011

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/180 sec. f11 with on-board flash
ISO 200

This year we have more hummers than ever around the cabin on the shore of Lake Superior. Sometimes the squadrons of looping, swooping and bickering birds -- hummers are solitary and aggressive toward each other, especially in the mating season -- cause us to duck as we walk outside. A snap of flash captured this female's iridescent color.

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