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mnhtnbb

(32,576 posts)
Wed May 28, 2025, 04:29 PM May 28

Little bird and bigger birds

Sitting out on my covered porch for a bit, during a break in the rain this afternoon, I watched hummers coming to a feeder in the yard and resident geese out for a swim in the pond behind my house.



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Little bird and bigger birds (Original Post) mnhtnbb May 28 OP
Wow! Great capture of the Hummers! Beautiful photo! Diamond_Dog May 28 #1
Thanks! mnhtnbb May 29 #10
Hummingbirds are so much fun to watch, Callalily May 28 #2
Do I know! Indeed. mnhtnbb May 29 #9
I love your photos, my dear mnhtnbb! Great color and detail! CaliforniaPeggy May 28 #3
My youngest son's partner mnhtnbb May 29 #8
That sounds great! Telephoto lenses are lots of fun. CaliforniaPeggy May 29 #11
Oh what gorgeous photos you have gotten mnhtnbb! Thank You! George McGovern May 28 #4
Thank you! mnhtnbb May 29 #7
I have this one bird on my balcony. Tom Dyer May 28 #5
For a time mnhtnbb May 29 #6

Callalily

(15,133 posts)
2. Hummingbirds are so much fun to watch,
Wed May 28, 2025, 05:13 PM
May 28

the geese not so much as they create quite a nuisance here.

We just installed a camera on our hummingbird feeder and we get alerts and a video every time they are around. Pretty cool.

You've got a great shot of the hummer. Very difficult to capture as well you know.

mnhtnbb

(32,576 posts)
9. Do I know! Indeed.
Thu May 29, 2025, 07:24 AM
May 29

My regular bird feeders are hanging outside my fenced courtyard. The damned geese--and a pair of ducks--have been coming up from the pond to scavenge for seeds dropped by other birds rooting for their favorite seeds from the feeders. They ate the tops off some lilies before they flowered. I go out and chase them away when I see them. Worse than squirrels! But they are fun to watch. One pair had one lone gosling this year. It was quite a little fluffer.



mnhtnbb

(32,576 posts)
8. My youngest son's partner
Thu May 29, 2025, 07:23 AM
May 29

has a new telephoto lens. We may cook up an afternoon for him to come over and see what he might grab with it. It could be he'll convince me to get one for my camera.

Tom Dyer

(179 posts)
5. I have this one bird on my balcony.
Wed May 28, 2025, 07:22 PM
May 28

A purple throated male. In the shade his throat is black/green, and his back I emerald.
When the sun hits him - a PURPLE throat, and the emerald back turns a blue that hurts my eyes.

But I can NOT get a decent video of this.

Such a joy five feet away.

Panama.

mnhtnbb

(32,576 posts)
6. For a time
Thu May 29, 2025, 07:19 AM
May 29

My late husband and I owned an " escape hatch" in Panama, in Bocas. We made several trips back and forth, getting everything set up. Actually got to the point where permanent resident visas were stamped in our passports. After Obama was elected, we felt we no longer needed it. Huh.

I remember seeing a lot of beautiful hummers on those trips!

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