photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Gary Hebert | all galleries >> United States of America >> Arizona, USA >> Hummingbirds of Arizona > Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird
previous | next
08-DEC-2011 © Gary Hebert

Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird

Lake Havasu City, AZ

Over the past 2 days we have been watching this male baby hummingbird develop. We first noticed it on the feeder. It was feeding, but very unstable. Then I noticed it fall to the ground.. about 5 feet to a convrete pad. It landed with a surprising loud thum on its back and had trouble uprighting itself. It was eventually successful and a male (father I guess) landed on it and tried to carry it off. It was enough to get them both up and away. This image is from today after another fall from the feeder and it is now resting in the shrubs..

PC082203adj5.jpg

Olympus E-3 ,Olympus Zuiko 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Digital ED
1/50s f/7.1 at 252.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time08-Dec-2011 11:40:45
MakeOlympus
ModelE-3
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length252 mm
Exposure Time1/50 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
comment | share
Guest 09-Dec-2011 01:05
I hope it makes out ok. Nice shot.
Peter Stahl08-Dec-2011 22:25
A beauty! Tack sharp and a gorgeous setting. Excellent job Gary! :-)
Bill Miller08-Dec-2011 18:49
Good picture, I wish it well.
Guest 08-Dec-2011 18:26
Excellent shot. V.