Sunday, August 20, 2006

After Years of Trying

 
I FINALLY got a good picture of a hummer!
This feisty little lady was actually fighting with a Monarch and a Hummingbird Moth. Posted by Picasa

This is a hummingbird moth

It's often confused with a hummingbird, hence the name.

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13 comments:

  1. Great! You are lucky to get such a photo. In this year I only found some butterflys on my budleja, but not this one.

    Sigrun

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  2. Excellent! How long did it take you to catch the little hummer? Were you posed with your camera for a while? Love it!

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  3. I was at the kitchen sink and I looked out and saw lots of butterflies and a hummer.

    I ran to get the camera.

    The buddleia was just a flutter with activity. The hummer flew within 6 inches of my face. He stuck around for a long time and I just kept clicking. I wasn't sure what I would get because I didn't really have much time to spend focusing.

    I actually took a total of 47 pictures, about 8 of those were of the hummer. Or what I thought was the hummer. Half the time there was nothing there as he moved before the click.

    I had such fun!

    Now I'm on a mission to get the butterflies in flight. I got a couple today, but nothing great.

    Right now I'm off to the family picnic so no more hummers pics today.

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  4. EXCELLENT photo of the hummingbird moth. That's great!

    Hummers are so cute. *squee*

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  5. I have a hummingbird feeder right in front of my kitchen window and the hummers are forever there...once I get my camera, though, they disappear...I swear it's a conspiracy!! lol GREATTTT pictures you go...I had never seen a hummingbird moth, in fact never heard of that!! How interesting!!!

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  6. Zoey,
    those h-birds can be a pain! I had one that was so aggressive that he attacked me every time I came out of the back door!
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  7. I haven't even seen a hummer this year. Too stormy and too hot here this year. You got a good picture of one.

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  8. Great pictures! Those humming birds are tricky little guys to get pics of.

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  9. I absolutely love this pics what a good eye you have...

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  10. Perfect! I bet that took a lot of patience. And holy shoes! But they`re fun aren`t they :)

    tea
    xo

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  11. I have never seen a hummingbird moth. I bought my husband in for a peek too! They don't go near the feeders do they?

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  12. HI Sue, Fancy meeting you here --at exactly the same time I'm checking in. I don't know if they go near the feeders because I don't have any feeders. :)

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