ML618990343
Contributor
Geoffrey Newell Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Victoria--Mt. Tolmie Park
Capital, British Columbia, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Awesome surprise! Female on east slope between the reservoir and Camcrest Place. Observed for several minutes as she perched in shrubs and flew down to feed on the flowering camas. The bird was so cooperative that I even got to show her to three other birders. Tiny hummingbird with relatively short, very thin bill. Whitish throat with intricate speckling and small white line just above gape. Buffy underparts deepest in colour along flanks but no obvious white breast-band unlike Rufous Hummingbird. Greenish crown and upperparts and no rusty marks in tail unlike Rufous and larger Broad-tailed Hummingbirds which otherwise share quite similar plumage details. Wingtips project past tail tip when perched. My species #363 for the Victoria area!
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON Z 50
- Lens
- TAMRON 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD A047Z
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1451 pixels x 967 pixels
- Original file size
- 563.02 KB