Re: PESO Now I know why

2018-09-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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 wrote: > Thanks Dan. Good to know.

Re: PESO Now I know why

2018-09-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Dan. Good to know. That’s more like what I expected. Paul > On Sep 1, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Nice catches! > > A male inn breeding plumage has a much more spectacular ruby throat: >

Re: PESO Now I know why

2018-09-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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

PESO Now I know why

2018-09-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
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