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First a scratch

then a nice stretch

 

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27 June

Someday I'll figure how to sneak up on a killdeer, so I won't have to shoot from a mile away

 

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Grumpy sparrow

 

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This guy was over at the sports field, watching a ball game

 

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This guy was putting on a exuberant show, but she wasn't impressed

 

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Dames!

 

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Wev how in the heck do you get shots of hummingbirds hanging out on branches? I can honestly say I've never once in my entire life seen a hummingbird anywhere but feeding on a flower or a feeder.

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Wev how in the heck do you get shots of hummingbirds hanging out on branches? I can honestly say I've never once in my entire life seen a hummingbird anywhere but feeding on a flower or a feeder.

I use my magic Attracto-Hummer whistle

Actually, hummers, especially rufous, are very territorial when they have a lot of readily available food, like at the arboretum. They find a good spot, pick out a few favorable observation points, then busy themselves keeping others from doing the same. There is an old desert fairy duster bush that is headquarters for a feisty rufous and a couple of young Allen's who have worked out a sort of time share deal. I always check there first thing and usually one of them is hanging out; I am there often enough that they've decided I'm more or less harmless, so I can get quite close, as long as I move slowly. One thing they don't like is having a camera raised at them, so you always want to go in with the camera up and ready, which is why I always use a monopod. All three have 4 or 5 second choice spots close by, so a little patient waiting and they come back again.