ML502197351

Age and sex

Adult Male - 1

Tags

Habitat

Observation details

Continuing adult male. A huge thanks to Darlene for allowing birders to view this stunning rarity on her property and for being such a welcoming host! Shorty after we arrived at 12 noon, the hummer made a very brief appearance at the feeders and then disappeared. Around 12:20 someone saw the bird fly into the large maple tree in Darlene's backyard. Had we not known it was there, it would be difficult to detect since it was sitting quietly among some dead leaves and not showing its brilliant gorget. The bird made three visits to that tree during our visit, and each time it flew off, it managed to sneak back undetected to that same spot in the maple where it would remain for several minutes each time. It finally flew off to the wire fence and then landed in pokeweed where I was able to get some decent photos. Tiny hummingbird with a very short tail. Gorget feathers are magenta and longest at the lower part of the throat. The feathers were not lit up during most of our observation; most of the time their color appeared to be more of a brown with a purplish hue. Still stunning, with the look of fine embroidery! Greenish upperparts, white throat; light buffy gray below breast; white undertail. What a beauty!

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

ISO

1600

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

1502 pixels x 1000 pixels

Original file size

1.06 MB