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Old May 1st 05, 04:10 PM
Ken Tough
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Frank ess wrote:

Another hummingbird
http://www.fototime.com/1954BEC64DA5D3E/orig.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/D0211BB755D7396/orig.jpg


Nice. Also shows that 'raindrops' aren't "raindrop" shaped. :]

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Old May 1st 05, 05:12 PM
Frank ess
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Charles Kooij wrote:
Jer wrote:

Charles Kooij wrote:
Frank ess wrote:


Another hummingbird
http://www.fototime.com/1954BEC64DA5D3E/orig.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/D0211BB755D7396/orig.jpg


Nice. Thanks for posting those.

Is that a wild hummingbird?

ck



I think Frank has a leash for it, though on occasion he lets it out
of the house to terrorize the neighbourhood kids with it's
impression of a bumble bee. We've adminished Frank for this in the
past, but as you can see, he never listens.


Lol. Some people never listen, eh? Such a shocker.

I guess, thinking about it, the concept of a tame hummingbird is
just
a *little* odd.

ck


I think he may have been thinking of "free" as opposed to captive
hummingbirds like the ones I have photo'd at the San Diego Zoo, in a
very pleasant enclosure where you can sit and wait for the right pose
(and protect your equipment from the fine mist supplied by thoughtful
husbanders).

Yes, it's a wild bird. On warm days he enjoys zipping in and out of
the spillover from the birdbath, or sitting under a drip from a tree
branch I've misted with the garden hose. This should give a better
idea of what is happening:
http://www.fototime.com/DAAEC860A747A30/orig.jpg
Canon 20D, Canon EF 70-300 DO IS
1/1600 f/5.6 ISO 800 300mm

Usually if he and his partner are within sight of our back door, they
will zoom past my face and perch for a few seconds on a branch a few
feet away, then go on about their business. Sort of confirming their
domain, I reckon.

One year the local chief hummer poised himself about six inches in
front of my nose, for fifteen or twenty seconds, just humming away and
staring me in the (prescription lens-covered) eye. Communing with
nature is some kind of joyful.

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Frank ess

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Old May 1st 05, 05:12 PM
Frank ess
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Charles Kooij wrote:
Jer wrote:

Charles Kooij wrote:
Frank ess wrote:


Another hummingbird
http://www.fototime.com/1954BEC64DA5D3E/orig.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/D0211BB755D7396/orig.jpg


Nice. Thanks for posting those.

Is that a wild hummingbird?

ck



I think Frank has a leash for it, though on occasion he lets it out
of the house to terrorize the neighbourhood kids with it's
impression of a bumble bee. We've adminished Frank for this in the
past, but as you can see, he never listens.


Lol. Some people never listen, eh? Such a shocker.

I guess, thinking about it, the concept of a tame hummingbird is
just
a *little* odd.

ck


I think he may have been thinking of "free" as opposed to captive
hummingbirds like the ones I have photo'd at the San Diego Zoo, in a
very pleasant enclosure where you can sit and wait for the right pose
(and protect your equipment from the fine mist supplied by thoughtful
husbanders).

Yes, it's a wild bird. On warm days he enjoys zipping in and out of
the spillover from the birdbath, or sitting under a drip from a tree
branch I've misted with the garden hose. This should give a better
idea of what is happening:
http://www.fototime.com/DAAEC860A747A30/orig.jpg
Canon 20D, Canon EF 70-300 DO IS
1/1600 f/5.6 ISO 800 300mm

Usually if he and his partner are within sight of our back door, they
will zoom past my face and perch for a few seconds on a branch a few
feet away, then go on about their business. Sort of confirming their
domain, I reckon.

One year the local chief hummer poised himself about six inches in
front of my nose, for fifteen or twenty seconds, just humming away and
staring me in the (prescription lens-covered) eye. Communing with
nature is some kind of joyful.

--
Frank ess

 




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