Adult male Allen's |
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Hummingbird migration
Migration is in full swing. Here's a handsome Allen's Hummingbird at our feeders in Alpine.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Banding Leucistic hummer
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Hummer with personality
I tend to anthropomorphize my hummers. Here's a young Lucifer that is obviously confused. That's because I kept re-arranging the feeders all day, partly due to banding activity, but mostly because I was trying to get a better photo of the leucistic hummer, and when the lighting changed I re-arranged feeders. so now this young male appears to be trying to figure out where I moved the dang feeder to this time.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Albino (leucistic) hummingbird today
It's apparently a female Black-chinned Hummingbird.
Here her dark roots are showing.
This last shot is included just for size comparison with a normal female Black-chinned.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Pre-oasis photo
I came across this photo while looking for something else. This was the oasis's humble origin. Photo taken about 30 years ago, and yes, that's me. The only thing recognizable is the mountain in the background. If I took a photo today from the exact spot this one was taken you wouldn't be able to see the mountain for the trees.
Here is a photo looking in the same direction as my original garden, only taken from farther away. This photo taken in May of this year.
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