I don’t promise these are great photography, but they are a triumph for me. I finally caught a hummer on camera. Through a double-pane window and screen, but I caught him. This is the first time I have seen a hummingbird perch. They are always in a tizzy, flitting from flower to flower. This time he sat right down on my red pepper cage and waited until I got the camera. He wiped his beak back and forth on the wire like a chef sharpening a knife, then preened for a while. I’m in awe. So not good photography, but a great accomplishment for me.
Posing Hummer
August 22, 2009 by anhinga
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Very Good! I have never seen a hummingbird stay still. You got a rare shot!!
Little Sister,
Etta
Thanks. I was thrilled. Jerry always wanted one to land on his finger. We got a Birds & Blooms mag and almost every time it showed someone with a hummer on their finger. I wish it had happened for him. Beda
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Yay! I’ve never even tried to catch one on camera. I’m thinking of setting up a hummingbird feeder, though. If I do, I’ll give it a try.
Even better is to get a firebush plant (they love them!) or a penta. Not sure what grows in your area. My firebush froze last winter in a slight freeze, but came back. If you have one of these plants the hummers will ignore your feeder.
That is cool to the max – I so hope I get to even see one again!!!
Amy & Steve got to see a hummer today. That was its third appearance of the day. Just now it came again, then all of a sudden another one zoomed in and poked him in the butt with that toothpick beak and chased him off. I thought one looked different earlier. So at least two are availing themselves of the repast I set for them. If only they could share and get along!
P.S. Amy said the hummers in Costa Rica are much bigger!
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I think they are great, Anhinga! It’s hard to capture a hummingbird with a camera. Getting one to actually pose for you is pure magic.
Very cool! Congrats!