I have seen birds with full ruby throats at feeders, but have never been able to capture one on film. The damn little guys are shy and very quick.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 7:18 PM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dan. Good to know. That’s more like what I expected. > > Paul > > > On Sep 1, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Nice catches! > > > > A male inn breeding plumage has a much more spectacular ruby throat: > > > https://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/featured_photo/bird.cfm?pix=Ruby-throated_Hummingbird > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > >> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 4:37 PM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> They are known as “Ruby Throated Hummingbirds.” It was a dark and gloomy > >> day, but I saw a hummer at the Oriole feeder earlier, so I set up > outside > >> anyway. My hummers are very shy so I can’t get close, but planted my > tripod > >> about 25 feet away with the 150-450 and 1.4X converter. These are very > >> noisy but a good look at an elusive critter > >> > >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18493641/Ruby-Throated-Hummingbird > >> > >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18493642/Hummer-at-the-Oriole-Feeder > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
