Although it seems early in the year for fully fledged chicks, what other interpretation can be applied to the activities I observed yesterday? Female hummers are well known for protecting a food supply such as hanging hummingbird feeders. The past 3 or 4 days the male has been the guardian of our feeders. Yesterday one male and two females put on a prolonged period of bird-fighting exhibitions and I shot twenty-some photos of them backdropped by a well-weathered sheet hanging behind the feeders from the camera. For the most part the male was in his guard position on a grape vine while the two females made high-speed circuits of the back yard and deck area. It was as though a chick was going through a training period of defend/retreat/attack tactics after which the three gathered at the feeder.
Woodsman
Loc: North of Peterborough Ontario
Nice series, the first and second are my favs
Thank you, Karin and Woodsman. Yes, 1 and 2 are those shots that only come along about, oh, say every 20,000 shutter clicks.
neilds37 wrote:
Although it seems early in the year for fully fledged chicks, what other interpretation can be applied to the activities I observed yesterday? Female hummers are well known for protecting a food supply such as hanging hummingbird feeders. The past 3 or 4 days the male has been the guardian of our feeders. Yesterday one male and two females put on a prolonged period of bird-fighting exhibitions and I shot twenty-some photos of them backdropped by a well-weathered sheet hanging behind the feeders from the camera. For the most part the male was in his guard position on a grape vine while the two females made high-speed circuits of the back yard and deck area. It was as though a chick was going through a training period of defend/retreat/attack tactics after which the three gathered at the feeder.
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A little over processed, but still very nice shots
speters wrote:
A little over processed, but still very nice shots
Thank you, speters. I may have been a little heavy-handed. Here is #3 as-shot. You be the judge.
I enjoyed your photos, the processing brought out the vivid colors
ebbote wrote:
Very good Neil.
Appreciate the comment, Earnest.
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