Those are great Sarah. It's cool when they do that tail flare when they're trying to take on an intruder - whether another hummer or a bee.

Beautiful babies, both flying and flowering!!! I love them all! Great captures!

glo

Sarah,
Those are just beautiful shots of both bird$ and blooms. Thank you for sharing them. I am inspired to try (again) some photos of my own. I seem to get so enthralled in watching the antics of these little beasties that I forget to take the photo! Yesterday my little resident QueenBird flew right into my face to let me know that the main feeder needed refilling. Sure wish I'd had my camera then. She just hung right in front of me at a distance of about 12-14 inches for several seconds. She made sure she had my attention! All I could do was laugh.
spiderwoman

Nice pics! Next year I am going to try for the action shots in the vegetation. For the rest of this year I am going to stick by my feeder. Your shots are an inspiration, though!

Dave

Sarah - Gorgeous photos! Love the wing flair shot. Please forgive my inexperience, in the first pic, it looks like the end of the hummerz beak is black? Ruth

Those are soo good Sarah. More! More!

Oh Sarah, What wonderful pictures!! I love the way you caught the tail flaring in the first shot and the beautiful iridescence of the feathers in the second shot.

Your flowers are stunning as well!

Thank you all so much! Dave your pictures are great it's the stop action kind whenever I try for that I get a blurr! Ruth I don't know what that mark on her beak is either.Sarah

WoW Sarah those are great shots !
I see your Blue Lobelias are blooming nicely now and the Salvia blooms are so loud I can hear them from my house!
nice pics -
stephen