Dive-bombing for Nectar
by Judi Dressler
Title
Dive-bombing for Nectar
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I was just about to shut off my camera as it was getting dark and hard to photograph, when this gorgeous little Broad-tailed Hummingbird bombed into the scene. S/he was looking for nectar in some flowers just out of view. The golden light just before sunset lit up its feathers beautifully!
A jewel of high mountain meadows, male broad-tailed hummingbirds fill the summer air with a loud, metallic trills as they fly. The birds are seen easily at masses of flowers in the high meadows, where they hover and dart around the blossoms, often fighting and chasing each other away from choice patches. As they migrate during spring and fall, they access flowers and feeders at lower altitudes. Hummingbirds breed at elevations up to 10,500 feet where nighttime temperatures regularly plunge below freezing. To make it through a cold night, they slow their heart rate and drop their body temperature, entering a state of torpor. As soon as the sun comes up, displaying males show off their rose-magenta throats while performing spectacular dives. After attracting a mate, females raise the young on their own.
Photo taken on August 10, 2020, near Walden, Colorado
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Comments (36)
Kathy K McClellan
WOW! Judi, I am nominating this image for a Special Feature in the FAA/Pixels group 1000 Views.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Brian Tada
Awesome clarity and lighting in this stunning, perfectly timed capture, Judi! So glad you kept your camera on ~ Magnificent work! F/L
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2020 Pure Nature Photography Thanks and Features Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Debra Martz
Gorgeous capture! Congratulations on your well deserved Dawn's Delight recognition in Wild Birds of the World group!!
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous photo with great timing, colors, light, clarity, and perspective, Judi! Congratulations on your Hummingbird image being selected by Dawn for one of her Weekly Dawn's Delights! F/L/Following