Thank you Eliza. I love the feathers details too. You can see their tubular structure. I have one photo that is so microscopic I didn’t post, but it looked like a creature covered in little iridescent tubes დ
Hi Cindy !-Those photos of Hummingbirds at rest are amazing. I didn’t know they would do that at the feeders. I’m sure they sleep somewhere but not at the dinner table. Something I read years ago (and I’m not sure where) might be useful for you next year. If you leave out brightly colored bits they will use them in nest building. “If you get lucky and a hummingbird starts building a nest close by leave some colored cotton fluff or down feathers near by. They will use it to build and line their nest and you will have an easy to find colorful nest to look at. The writer learned this from her grandmother, who had many red and pink nests in her garden.”
Great post and beautiful Hummers. Please pardon typos – blurry eyed. Best, Babsje
That makes sense and I didn’t know about the colors. I do leave nesting materials out and we have platforms. They use the nesting stuff but not the platforms. I will try the colors in the spring. Thanks for the heads up დ
Love these wonderful close-ups! We were told by the DNR to take down all feeders in our region (among others), so I’ve not been feeding hummers, or any other birds, all summer. Occasionally, one will hover near the window to glare at us but I never have my camera ready at those times. LOL!
I wonder if this is because some people don’t properly clean and maintain their feeders leading the spreading of disease among birds. I’m sorry you can’t feed your birds and I know they are too. დ
How horrible. I know birds can get bird-pox and other diseases from unclean feeders, baths etc. One really has to clean and disinfect daily when it is hot.
Dear Cindy,
GREAT pictures.
Aren’t there the hummingbirds important in Huxley’s “Island”? If we remember it correctly their call sounded for him like “be here now”.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
How synchronistic that you should say this. Note prior comments regards patience and Zen. Hummingbird photography is a complete “be here now,” activity for me. It requires time, patience, and total attention to every second. It is Zen personified. I think the birds in the island were mynahs. Mynahs are talkers, whereas hummingbirds are hummers, and very rapid tick tick tick tickers, like clocks on hyperdrive! 😉
They are just too cute. They make my summers more beautiful. I could sit there for hours, watching them on the feeders, but in reality I think, they are watching me.
The details in their feathers are amazing and you must have a very powerful zoom Cindy! I didn’t know about the torporous nights. That would be fun to see.
WP is messing with us again. They sent the email to say you left a *Like* on my last post, but they didn’t see fit to add your Gravatar to the post. I mean, how hard it can be when it is supposed to be automatic. Isn’t it why the parent company calls itself *Automattic*? I guess we’re not supposed to notice.
Laughing…Don’t get me started on WP. I’m not sure if we’re supposed to be reassured by their automatic-automation-algorithms? I am trying to come up with adjectives for their statistical methods, their amazing follower/unfollowing algorithm (or glitch?) posts one follows not showing up in the reader, non-visibility of followers list, etc. etc. My husband is a Phd bio-statistician. I think, he thinks, speechless is best 😉 😉
I’ve missed a number of your posts Cindy over these pas few months. This morning I brought my husband along for the journey. Together we enjoyed so many of your photographs. It was fun viewing them as a collection. Thank you.
Such gorgeous photos Cindy. I’ve been seeing hummers all summer on a tiny forest trail that almost no one uses. There’s a section where I hear them always that I’ve now named Hummer Hollow. Today one stopped (briefly!) about 1.5 ft from my face, and then later another flitted around a bit and then sat on a tiny branch to say hello. Magic!
Alison
Smiling……They are winged magic. Coming close like that means she/he wants to know you better. I think it is quite an honor. When they really know you, they hover so close to your eyes that I make my eyes not focus on purpose, because it is a bit disconcerting, how much I trust them: knowing for sure they will be both so skillfully precise to not hurt my eyes, and so honorable, that I know they never will. Love to you Alison დ
❤️❤️❤️ I walk the trail past Hummer Hollow almost every day (rarely miss actually) so I think they are slowly coming to know me. I feel so honoured that they seem to be coming a little closer. xo
One of them came closer today – 12 to 18 inches, dancing around in front of my face for several seconds, then flew to sit on a nearby branch (twig) where I could see him/her. So magical I was in tears. (Pretty sure they are anna’s.)
Makes me so happy! Keep hiking there. At some soon point, you may be physically frozen, not daring to move, or scare them off, as they hover fascinated less than an inch from your eye. Don’t worry they are the most precision flyers in the bird world. And they like you.
So cool you shared these darlings. Just this morning, every time I peeked around the front door at the feeder, a particularly talkative & charismatic individual flew right to my face & said something. I don’t know what, but my intuition told me that he or she liked me almost as much as I liked it, that it appreciated the freshly made drink, and just possibly, it was playing peek-a-boo. I’m going to miss these tiny friends.
Great shots! So cute. 💞
Grazie mille Anne Marie დ
Your incredible photos
are the closest I ever get to hummers, particularly still ones : )
Thank you, Cindy!
Thank you more for such a lovely comment & cheers to you დ
Wow. Lady Audubon. Great photos.
Smiling….. Thank you John. I was just over enjoying your captures დ
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Hummingbird portraits, suitable for framing in any great hall!
Awww…… How kind of you. Honored. Thank you Katherine დ
What marvelous shots, Cindy. I can get lost in the feather details!
Thank you Eliza. I love the feathers details too. You can see their tubular structure. I have one photo that is so microscopic I didn’t post, but it looked like a creature covered in little iridescent tubes დ
Wow, so cool. Maybe it’ll get in a post one day?
It wasn’t arty, more interesting….
Hi Cindy !-Those photos of Hummingbirds at rest are amazing. I didn’t know they would do that at the feeders. I’m sure they sleep somewhere but not at the dinner table. Something I read years ago (and I’m not sure where) might be useful for you next year. If you leave out brightly colored bits they will use them in nest building. “If you get lucky and a hummingbird starts building a nest close by leave some colored cotton fluff or down feathers near by. They will use it to build and line their nest and you will have an easy to find colorful nest to look at. The writer learned this from her grandmother, who had many red and pink nests in her garden.”
Great post and beautiful Hummers. Please pardon typos – blurry eyed. Best, Babsje
That makes sense and I didn’t know about the colors. I do leave nesting materials out and we have platforms. They use the nesting stuff but not the platforms. I will try the colors in the spring. Thanks for the heads up დ
You’re welcome. Will be watching for a many colored nest or two next year!
Indeed 🙂
Did you know that today is National Hummingbird Day? How timely! I’m a huge fan of hummers and of course your photos. These are lovely, Cindy.
I did not know that! How synchronistic. Thank you for telling me & cheers to you დ
Cheers to you, too.
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Beautiful captures, as always, talented Cindy.
So appreciated Michele. Thank you დ
OMG, these are unbelievable, Cindy. Thank you so very much for posting!
Awww, thank you more for being such a thoughtful friend Sheila დ
Hi Cindy – it’s great to see these still shots of hummingbirds. I really like the patterns in their feathers. Thanks for sharing them!
I’m happy you enjoyed them. It is interesting to see their tiny hollow tubular feathers ◟(◔ั₀◔ั )◞ ༘❤️❤️❤️
Oh I didn’t know they were hollow and tubular – that’s fascinating!
It is isn’t it 🙂
It’s a HUMbling experience by just looking at these tweethearts. ◟(◔ั₀◔ั )◞ ༘❤️❤️❤️
They are little humbling hummers!!! ◟(◔ั₀◔ั )◞ ༘❤️❤️❤️
Happy Sunday, my friend! ❤️ (ˆ⌣ˆԅ)
You too ❤️ (ˆ⌣ˆԅ)
Love these wonderful close-ups! We were told by the DNR to take down all feeders in our region (among others), so I’ve not been feeding hummers, or any other birds, all summer. Occasionally, one will hover near the window to glare at us but I never have my camera ready at those times. LOL!
I wonder if this is because some people don’t properly clean and maintain their feeders leading the spreading of disease among birds. I’m sorry you can’t feed your birds and I know they are too. დ
Not cleaning them well is certain a part of it. Here’s one of the articles about the mysterious disease: https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/06/illinois-spared-mystery-bird-die-cause-still-unknown-officials-say Poor birdies. 😢
How horrible. I know birds can get bird-pox and other diseases from unclean feeders, baths etc. One really has to clean and disinfect daily when it is hot.
Wow, Cindy, these are stunning, beautiful photos! I admire your photographic skills! ❤️
I am honored by your thoughtfulness John. Thank you very much დ
Your so welcome, Cindy! ❤️
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These guys look like the ones I see visiting the Cigar Plants (Cuphea) I grow just for them.
A person who grows plants for hummingbirds is a person who is critically important and endangered in this world Brave to you Audrey დ
Thank you, Cindy!
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I love them so much, and your photos are wonderful!
I <3 my friends who <3 hummers Lynette. Thank you დ
Absolutely gorgeous 🌷
So appreciated. Grazie დ
Absolutely beautiful. Well done.
Thank you very much Michael დ
Welcome. My pleasure.
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Absolutely amazing creatures. They’ve always held a special place in my heart.
That means you have a very good heart დ
I can never get enough of your amazing photographs. Just beautiful.
Love to you Gigi დ
These photographs are beautiful in every detail!
Smiling….. Thank you Anne დ
Gorgeous shots, Cindy!
Sweet little things to look at!
Thank you Resa & cheers my friend დ
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I love humming birds. Excellent series.
I <3 my friends who <3 hummingbirds დ
What lovely birds, wonderful shots. Thank you for sharing.
So kind & so appreciated. Thank you Marie დ
Unique in beauty and liveliness.😃
They are amazing tiny creatures დ
Glorious photos, as always, Cindy
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Sheree დ
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<3
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Dear Cindy,
GREAT pictures.
Aren’t there the hummingbirds important in Huxley’s “Island”? If we remember it correctly their call sounded for him like “be here now”.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
How synchronistic that you should say this. Note prior comments regards patience and Zen. Hummingbird photography is a complete “be here now,” activity for me. It requires time, patience, and total attention to every second. It is Zen personified. I think the birds in the island were mynahs. Mynahs are talkers, whereas hummingbirds are hummers, and very rapid tick tick tick tickers, like clocks on hyperdrive! 😉
You are right, they are mynah birds and we thought mynahs are hummingbirds – well, we are no birdwatchers.
No worries. A hummingbird is about half the size of your baby finger…….They are tiny creatures.
Thank you
🙏 🙏
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Superb. Loved it. 🌿👌💯
Smiling back at you 🙂 Thank you დ
Oh how fabulous. And what patience you must have.
So happy you enjoyed Margaret. Photographing hummingbirds keeps you focused and present for every second დ
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These are such wonderful captures. Great timing and patience as hummingbirds definitely don’t stand still for long.
Thank you. Photographing hummingbirds is a Zen activity. One is fully in the moment for lots of moments!! 😉
What wonderful shots! The hummers seem to be very close.
Have a fine sunday, and stay safe, dear Cindy!
I moved their feeder into our interior courtyard as the roadrunners were hunting them, so they are now very close, almost in a way, in the house! დ
Wow!! So beautiufl!! Thanks Cindy for these great shots.
Thank you more for appreciating them Isabel დ
They are just too cute. They make my summers more beautiful. I could sit there for hours, watching them on the feeders, but in reality I think, they are watching me.
They definitely watch you. All birds do. Their life depends on it, but also I think they never get bored of watching how oddly we behave 😉
haha I am afraid you might be right.
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Lovely photos! Cute portraits of these cute birds. Exquisite detail too!
Hummingbirds seem to prove the axiom, “God is in the details…..” დ
What amazing close-ups. I love seeing the feathers!
Very happy you enjoyed. I love seeing all the detail too დ
As usual perfectly framed sharp images
Thank you very much Diana & cheers to you დ
Wow! The feather detail on these is incredible!!
The feathers are amazing aren’t they. They are hollow and tubular making hummingbirds almost lighter than air! დ
That is amazing!
It is.
Lovely photos of this beautiful hummingbird at the feeder!
Much appreciated Peter. Thank you & cheers დ
The details in their feathers are amazing and you must have a very powerful zoom Cindy! I didn’t know about the torporous nights. That would be fun to see.
I have never seen this personally. It is very dark, with minimal ambient light at The Holler დ
That sounds nice to be dark and able to appreciate the night skies.
Yes, no ambient light pollution. The coyote packs love it!
Beautiful pictures of interesting birds
regards
Thank you very much დ
These tiny birdies must have lots of energy … and stamina. I’ve never caught one resting, and it’s gratifying to me to know they eventually do!
Yes, their metabolisms are incredible. If they didn’t go into torpor every night they would starve before sunrise დ
You make your place a very good place for hummers 🙂 Lovely shots of them!
Very happy you enjoyed them & take good care my friend დ
Thank you for sharing your amazing photos!
Thank you more for your kind appreciation Rebecca დ
Well done Cindy, some excellent photos.
Leslie xoxo
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Leslie დ
Je vous en prie Cindy.
Leslie xoxo
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Absolutely perfect pictures – again!
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund დ
Thank you for sharing these unbelievable shots, Cindy. 🙂
You are a person who always makes people feel better, which is so unusually remarkable. I hope you know it. I do. Stay safe & well my friend დდ
Ver nice close-ups. 🙂
WP must be on the fritz (when aren’t they?) … they dropped the *y* when I typed *very*.
I think maybe the problem is that WP pays their gremlins more than their Happiness Engineers! 😉
WP is messing with us again. They sent the email to say you left a *Like* on my last post, but they didn’t see fit to add your Gravatar to the post. I mean, how hard it can be when it is supposed to be automatic. Isn’t it why the parent company calls itself *Automattic*? I guess we’re not supposed to notice.
Laughing…Don’t get me started on WP. I’m not sure if we’re supposed to be reassured by their automatic-automation-algorithms? I am trying to come up with adjectives for their statistical methods, their amazing follower/unfollowing algorithm (or glitch?) posts one follows not showing up in the reader, non-visibility of followers list, etc. etc. My husband is a Phd bio-statistician. I think, he thinks, speechless is best 😉 😉
Thank you David დ
Encantadores. Verdadera belleza. Te felicito, Cindy.
Awww …. Eres muy amable y muy apreciado mi amigo. Mantente sano y salvo დ
Wow those birds are really awesome, incredible beautiful photography 👌🤗
Honored. Thank you very much & I am happy you enjoyed them დ
You’re very welcome 😏💚
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I’ve missed a number of your posts Cindy over these pas few months. This morning I brought my husband along for the journey. Together we enjoyed so many of your photographs. It was fun viewing them as a collection. Thank you.
Awwww…….So happy you both came over. Cheers to you both & take good care დ
Stunning photos. Just amazing! Mona
So happy you think so & thank you for letting me know დ
They are really cute and fierce at the same time – wonderful pictures!
Thank you Meg and you are exactly right. They look sweet, but they pack a punch! 😉
Such gorgeous photos Cindy. I’ve been seeing hummers all summer on a tiny forest trail that almost no one uses. There’s a section where I hear them always that I’ve now named Hummer Hollow. Today one stopped (briefly!) about 1.5 ft from my face, and then later another flitted around a bit and then sat on a tiny branch to say hello. Magic!
Alison
Smiling……They are winged magic. Coming close like that means she/he wants to know you better. I think it is quite an honor. When they really know you, they hover so close to your eyes that I make my eyes not focus on purpose, because it is a bit disconcerting, how much I trust them: knowing for sure they will be both so skillfully precise to not hurt my eyes, and so honorable, that I know they never will. Love to you Alison დ
❤️❤️❤️ I walk the trail past Hummer Hollow almost every day (rarely miss actually) so I think they are slowly coming to know me. I feel so honoured that they seem to be coming a little closer. xo
They will keep on coming in for a closer examination of you!
One of them came closer today – 12 to 18 inches, dancing around in front of my face for several seconds, then flew to sit on a nearby branch (twig) where I could see him/her. So magical I was in tears. (Pretty sure they are anna’s.)
Makes me so happy! Keep hiking there. At some soon point, you may be physically frozen, not daring to move, or scare them off, as they hover fascinated less than an inch from your eye. Don’t worry they are the most precision flyers in the bird world. And they like you.
💕💕 I’ll keep you posted. 🙏
Cindy, thank you for these beautiful photographs!
You are more than welcome Charles. Hope all is well with you დ
They are such cute babies.
They are indeed, and tough little battlers! დ
These are beautiful shots, Cindy.
Thank you Kally & it is wonderful to hear from you. დ
Wow! Magnifique!!
Merci beaucoup mon ami დ
Absolutely beautiful close-ups of these fascinating little birds. 🙂
So happy you enjoyed my friend & thank you for stopping by დ
So cool you shared these darlings. Just this morning, every time I peeked around the front door at the feeder, a particularly talkative & charismatic individual flew right to my face & said something. I don’t know what, but my intuition told me that he or she liked me almost as much as I liked it, that it appreciated the freshly made drink, and just possibly, it was playing peek-a-boo. I’m going to miss these tiny friends.
Yes! Hummingbirds know who feeds them and watch and get you know you. He was personally thanking you! დ
Awww!!
Lovely hummers! In Massachusetts, we only have the Ruby-throated. It must be fun to have different kinds zipiping around!
I love the assertive Ruby’s. Wonderful that you have them! დ
Very beautiful pics
Grazie Mille Athira! დ
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It’s amazing that you could get such great closeups of these guys. They never seem to stay still.
They are very busy birds. Their metabolism is around 77 times faster than humans and their wings can beat up to 200x’s per minute დ
Fabulous photos, Cindy!
Thank you Clare დ
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Pretty and intricate! Fantastic shots👏
Thank you very much. I love people who appreciate hummingbirds დ
Thanks must go to you Cindy for bringing such priceless photos of the cute little bird 🐦 They’re absolutely splendid!
Honored my friend. Thank you very much & stay safe and well დ
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Amazing captures, Cindy! Wonderful to see Humm this close.
Thank you very much Amy. I hope you are safe and well დ
Wonderful pictures shared and information too
Honored. Thank you Tanvir & be well my friend დ
Thank you more for your kind appreciation.
That greenish one is surprising! Is it a certain type etc? We’re mostly seeing the little brown ones right now.
Yes, the green ones are called Anna’s. დ
How neat! I imagine there’s a story there somewhere, why they’re called “Anna’s” 😊
Well, you are right of course. They are named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli.
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They are so beautiful! 😀
Aww,…… Thank you so much Miranda & cheers to you დ
You’re welcome 😀
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