Hummingbird -droplets on beak, bathing

Guest - Dec 22, 2006 04:35 AM EDT
thanks Alex, another one I'm very late with.

Guest - Nov 06, 2006 07:30 PM EDT
WOW!! nice shot.

Guest - Nov 06, 2006 01:48 AM EDT
glad you like it, Don :) It looks as if the hummer is staring at the droplets, in this pose.

Guest - Nov 05, 2006 10:02 PM EDT
Very neat capture Alandra! Love the water droplets on that tiny beak! Don

Guest - Nov 05, 2006 08:42 PM EDT
thanks for the nice comments, Beverly and Lorraine. Lorraine, hummingbirds return to our area of western Canada each year, around March, and they remain all summer, while the flowers are blooming, then they return to warmer areas in Arizona, California and Mexico. We hang nectar feeders out each spring (in March or so), which they feed from until the flowers start blooming. They prefer red flowers which are tubular, so they can get at the nectar with their long beaks/feeding tubes. We make the nectar for the feeders from boiled, cooled water and regular/ granulated sugar. We plant flowers in our gardens that the hummers prefer, to attract them. We love watching them. They have beautiful iridescent feathers.

Guest - Nov 05, 2006 06:02 PM EDT
We don't have Humming Birds here, they are a very pretty little bird, are they quite comon in your gardens, a lovely shot

Guest - Nov 05, 2006 10:25 AM EDT
Just a wonderful shot of the bathing hummer.