ML141516081
作者
日期
地点
- 年龄和性别
- 成年雄鸟 - X
观察细节
Sergey and I were riding slowly along Middle Dr. W when the call of a Selasphorus hummingbird made us pause. We pulled our bikes over and starting looking- sure enough, a male hummingbird was zipping around tall eucalyptus trees on the South side of the road. What happened next was magical: I spotted a female perched in a bush just below the male's perch, and the male prompt began to perform his display flights. Cutting wide, u-shaped swoops through the air, he trilled passionately right above our heads. The trilling stopped for a moment, and we thought he was done. In reality, he was preparing the brilliant finish: a steep dive at incredible speed accompanied with a whistling (reminiscent of a falling missile). Video here: https://youtu.be/OtqowtwefxU. We were both speechless and blown away. I'll never forget contentment and joy of sitting down for lunch under the towering trees, the two of us witnessing a spectacular demonstration by such a minuscule bird.
技术信息
- 型号
- NIKON D5200
- ISO
- 500
- 焦距
- 300 mm
- 闪光
- Flash did not fire
- 光圈
- f/5.6
- 快门速度
- 1/3000 sec
- 尺寸
- 2015 pixels x 1322 pixels
- 原始文件大小
- 2.18 MB