Pat's Hummingbird

Right outside her new sunroom, Pat has a hummingbird feeder. I noticed this lady-bird spending a few seconds sipping then moving on. I'm no ornithologist, but if I were I'd say she had a circuit that she plied. Sure enough in about 15 minutes she returned, and repeated her activity.

You may be asking how I know she is a female. Easy enough, Pat told me she was. Apparently the males are brighter and more colorful than the ladies.

It was really pretty easy to get this guy. I just put the camera on the tripod, edged it close to the sliding glass door in Pat's sunroom and just waited for her to make her circuit back to the feeder.

I take no particular credit for these shots. A really good photographer would have lowered the exposure time to the point where you would not have noticed the blurred wings. But I am not a really good photographer so you get what you can and hope for improvement down the road.

Hummingbirds are in that rare class of animal where everyone likes them, kind of like koalas and pandas. They are a unique and fun bird to watch and capture on film. Pat is lucky to have a wonderful place to view and admire them.

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