Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Approaching the target


These two hummingbirds are zeroing-in on the same Century Plant bloom.  As it turned out, one of them had to divert to a different bloom.  Hummingbirds don't like to share the same bloom at the same time.

17 comments:

  1. WOW! this is a difficult shot to get. Those birds are the fasted thing on earth. Congratulations.

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  2. Hummingbirds are actually quite feisty!

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  3. Strange shot. Caught in the moment.

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  4. Hummingbirds are actually quite territorial and agressive! Not sure if many people realize this because they look so innocent :)

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  5. Wow, perfect capture. Nice shot!

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  6. Nice picture and what a pretty bloom. I have seen hummingbirds fighting over a flower and they can be very aggressive.

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  7. They can be aggressive. I did a night hike in the Amazon and had to fend off a charge by a wild animal -- a hummingbird.

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  8. What a super shot Sharon, like the other little hummer departing to find his own bloom :)

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  9. WOW you are really really good...this is a miracle shot. Thank you for sharing. Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

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  10. I didn't know that about hummingbirds and blooms. Kudos on a fine capture! They will share a feeder at the same time, though. Maybe there's more food available.

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  11. Super shot! A friend had a hummingbird feeder at their cottage and we would watch the birds fighting with each other over who would get to eat.

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  12. Traffic control, traffic control, evasive action is required! Urgently.

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  13. Amazing, well done!

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  14. This is absolutely wonderful! And I had no idea those tiny fellows don't like to share the same bloom... But now that you mention it, I don't recall ever seeing two on the same flower. Maybe on feeders only... I don't know, but there were so many on the resorts I've been to in Costa Rica.

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