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These are hummingbirds from primarily my backyard but there are a few from other parts of Texas as well. They are all ruby throated hummingbirds with just a few images of a black-chinned hummingbird and a buff-bellied hummingbird.
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Stephen > It's not nice to stick your tongue out....Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > Trying to decide to perch again or take some more sugar water from my feeder or this female ruby throated hummingbird may have been contemplating from where the next attack was going to come from the resident immature male that rules this area.  Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > I see what looks like pollen on its beak but it sure did not want to sip any nectar from flowers when I was watching.  I settled for this nice in flight pose. Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > I did something a bit different with this image.  I had been using for almost all of my flight shots, a very high shutter speed and large lens aperture.  With this one, my aperture was still pretty large, but not as much, and I slowed the shutter speed down to I think 1/500.  In this way, the wings really just became the blur you see.  I like the effect.  It's a nice contrast to the other images where I have tried to stop the wings in motion.  This particular one was busy fighting for its place in the sacred twisted willow.  Midlothian, Texas, September 2008
Stephen > Setting up to grab some sweet nectar from this salvia plant...Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > Maneuvering closer to the flower it wants....Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > Contact! This ruby throated hummingbird puts its beak into the flower hoping to find nectar.  Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > Inserting its beak more into the flower, the ruby throated hummingbird searches for the nectar.  Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
Stephen > Hovering above the salvia....Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
It's not nice to stick your tongue out....Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
 > It's not nice to stick your tongue out....Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
It's not nice to stick your tongue out....Midlothian, Texas, August 2009
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Keywords: bird hummingbird ruby throated hummingbird
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