"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Padraig" wrote in message
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But the hummingbird pics? They require deliberate stalking, or at
least lying in wait. You have to be ready to shoot when a "model"
comes along and "poses" because they don't pose for long. And
they're pretty solitary animals. They don't flock like finches or
even crows for that matter. Normally I see them one at a time.
Rarely more than two. The most I've seen in the yard at one time is
three.

I've only once seen a hummingbird, while I was staying with friends in
Puget Sound. I thought hummers were tropical birds and couldn't
believe what I saw so of course I rushed for my camera. I shot the
bird with excited, shaky hands, through a large window and since the
dwelling was in prime growth forest the lighting wasn't ideal.

Ah well, I tried, and I remembered what the shot was when it was
printed.

Yes, it was that long ago, in 1990.


We have hummingbirds year round.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington