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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:23 AM
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My entertainment has been Sarah Palin, but my birds still are my
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 10:24 AM by Maestro
main focus for distraction from the rat race. :)

Hummingbird migration is winding down but it is still active.

All photos are ruby throated hummingbirds.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:27 AM
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1. Wow! You are one patient dude!
:rofl:

I stalked these suckers a few times. For you to get such beautiful pictures you had to have stalked them for hours :D

Great pics as usual Maestro.

:thumbsup:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 12:24 PM
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4. Thanks inchworm
Patience? Well, I enjoy it so the time passes quickly. :)
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Shiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:33 AM
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2. My cousin David is an honorary hummingbird
It's true. A couple of summers ago, during the annual family get-together, he came face to face with a hovering hummingbird. They stared at each other for about two minutes, then - according to David - the bird nodded and flew away. He believes now that he has been accepted into the hummingbird tribe, and will soon be privy to all their secrets.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 02:21 PM
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5. Then he needs to let me in on the secrets.
I want to know why they only sip nectar from the flowers when I do not have my camera with me, but when I do have my camera, they will only go to the feeders. :shrug: :)
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 05:22 PM
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9. I feel that way, too.
When a hummingbird drinks from the hose as I hold it, or sips from the hummingbird feeder as I carry it to hang it, or hovers near me, I feel sort of honored by their trust.

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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:34 AM
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3. Great pix as always
thanks again
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:33 PM
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10. Thanks
as always. :hi:
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blueraven95 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 02:26 PM
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6. wow Maestro
these are gorgeous.

What kind of camera are you using?
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:32 PM
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13. Thanks
These were all shot with a Canon 40D attached to a Sigma 500mm lens except for perhaps the shots where the hummer is perched on the butterfly bush. That might have been with my 100-400 zoom lens.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 04:36 PM
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7. Magnificent!
Those are great, Maestro! My favorites are the one with the bright orange and the next one, in flight!!

How are things with your father? I've been wondering the past couple of months if things got any better there.(?)

:hi:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:36 PM
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14. Thanks KC
Things are civil. I guess that is the best way to put it. I mean, I can't cut him off from my kids. They love their Papaw and he is never alone with them plus my mom is a good mediator. :)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 05:13 PM
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8. I took a vacation from politics last week myself
The highlights were Brewer's, Vesper, and Pinyon. :bounce:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:37 PM
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15. I have a Veper,
but no Brewer's or Pinyon. I would love to add both of those and would even love more to add them to my photography gallery.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:35 PM
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11. bokehlicious
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:38 PM
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16. Thanks DS1
I especially like the way the first one turned out with that uncluttered background and nice bokeh.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:37 PM
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12. They are gorgeous. I love hummingbirds!!!
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:03 PM
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20. Thank you Applegrove.
I bet I could find some nice orioles in an apple grove. :)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:52 PM
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23. I've been told there is no such thing as an apple grove. Only apple orchards. But that was by a
freeper so I'll ignore it for now.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 05:08 AM
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24. Meh, what does he/she know?
Although there is such a thing as an orchard oriole. ;)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 01:45 PM
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28. You are lucky to see hummingbirds. There is something etherial about them. I haven't
seen one this summer. Except for your lovely pictures.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:35 PM
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17. Great pictures of beautiful birds, as always.
I love the photo of the bird in flight (the first one); the motion comes through in the picture.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:04 PM
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21. Yeah. glad you liked them.
:hi:
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:15 PM
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18. Lovely. Thank you.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 05:09 AM
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25. No problem emilyg
I'm glad you liked them.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:18 PM
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19. I once saw a hummingbird so small that at first I thought it was a large bumblebee.
n/t
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 05:10 AM
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26. They are incredible little birds, and
they are the smallest without a doubt. And to think that they can get their little bodies so far south for winter is mindboggling.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:06 PM
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22. My shoulders dropped two inches just looking.
Thank you so much.

:hug:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 05:11 AM
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27. If it relieved a little stress, that is good.
I'd love to get out to your area. Y'all out west have many more species of hummingbirds. :hi:
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