Re: PESO A Hummer Does Weed

2018-08-13 Thread Subash Jeyan
i quite like the nice action freeze. On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:58:58 -0400 Paul Stenquist wrote: > I haven’t seen may hummingbirds since May, even though I had a feeder > and some bee balm. Maybe the neighbors had better offerings. But one > showed up today to suck on the Veronica, which is genera

Re: PESO A Hummer Does Weed

2018-08-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I love the bird's posture and the motion blur of the wings. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I haven’t seen may hummingbirds since May, even though I had a feeder and > some bee balm. Maybe the neighbors had b

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks for that list Dan. Our neighborhood hummingbirds are back for the summer, as of 2-3 days ago. I had simply assumed Ruby Throated because I had heard that they are the only ones we would see in this region. Based on the links in your listing, I still think what we have are the Ruby Throate

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Here is a list of the hummingbird species that are found in each state: http://www.hummingbirds.net/states.html Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 3:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > At the feeder. I haven’t been able to nail the species. There ar

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-14 Thread Alan C
Apologies. I need to get my brain in gear. Actually a tree! I thought you were referring to the liquid feeder. Alan C -Original Message- From: Alan C Sent: 14 May, 2018 9:54 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO A Hummer "Arborvitae" - now there's a new

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-14 Thread Alan C
"Arborvitae" - now there's a new work for me. I must try something like that for the Sunbirds but it will need perches because they don't hover. Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: 13 May, 2018 9:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO A Hummer At the feeder

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
> On May 13, 2018, at 6:39 PM, John wrote: > >> On 5/13/2018 15:27, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> At the feeder. I haven’t been able to nail the species. There are many. I >> think it’s nesting in one of my arborvitae. >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18473094/Hummingbird >> A deep crop. I have to ge

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread John
On 5/13/2018 15:27, Paul Stenquist wrote: At the feeder. I haven’t been able to nail the species. There are many. I think it’s nesting in one of my arborvitae. https://www.photo.net/photo/18473094/Hummingbird A deep crop. I have to get closer. Possibly a female or juvenile Ruby-throated Hu

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
This could be a juvenile or female ruby-throated summer. Will investigate . Paul > On May 13, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > They just starting showing up at my place. They're amazing. The one that > showed up went right to the place where we've had a feeder for the last > several ye

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 13/5/18, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > She's an ornithologist and will undoubtedly be able to nail the species. Surely a taxidermist ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ --

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’ll send this to my Audubon friend tomorrow. She’s an ornithologist and will undoubtedly be able to nail the species. Paul > On May 13, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > They just starting showing up at my place. They're amazing. The one that > showed up went right to the place where w

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread Ken Waller
They just starting showing up at my place. They're amazing. The one that showed up went right to the place where we've had a feeder for the last several years and looked around as if to say I'm here where's my food! This after having been down south for the last 7 or 8 months ! I've only seen o

Re: PESO A Hummer

2018-05-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very fine image. I like the posture in which you caught the bird and the way its beak is just entering the feeder hole. You are fortunate to have many species of hummingbirds. Here on the east coast, we have only the Ruby-Throated. There is one in our yard, but I have not been in a po