Female Hooded Oriole After Nectar
Jun 9, 2021 04:09:45 #
Another very long range close-up.
When I filled the hummingbird feeders last Friday the 4th I had a couple of ounces left in the container. So I just poured it in the ant traps on the hangers and some slopped down and filled a depression in the top of this feeder. Then I went in and closed the sliding door and sat down at my computer to do e-mail etc. and read while glancing out the door to see if any customers showed up.
Some did: A couple of female Hooded Orioles came by and fussed over the nectar filled ant trap (notice ants had gotten past it before I filled it with nectar) then one had her fill and left while the other got the nectar on the cap and drops off the outside of the feeder. I had been charging and changing batteries the day before so I carefully shifted the tripod and camera back in front of the sliding door, slowly slid it open without scaring them off and managed to get several frames of the one cleaning up the nectar on the top and drops running down the sides.
Canon 80D, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO-1600
Off a tripod at about 50' in cloudy bright light
When I filled the hummingbird feeders last Friday the 4th I had a couple of ounces left in the container. So I just poured it in the ant traps on the hangers and some slopped down and filled a depression in the top of this feeder. Then I went in and closed the sliding door and sat down at my computer to do e-mail etc. and read while glancing out the door to see if any customers showed up.
Some did: A couple of female Hooded Orioles came by and fussed over the nectar filled ant trap (notice ants had gotten past it before I filled it with nectar) then one had her fill and left while the other got the nectar on the cap and drops off the outside of the feeder. I had been charging and changing batteries the day before so I carefully shifted the tripod and camera back in front of the sliding door, slowly slid it open without scaring them off and managed to get several frames of the one cleaning up the nectar on the top and drops running down the sides.
Canon 80D, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO-1600
Off a tripod at about 50' in cloudy bright light
Jun 9, 2021 05:12:50 #
Nice! Another bird that I haven’t seen in the east!
Jun 9, 2021 16:29:51 #
ClarkJohnson wrote:
Nice! Another bird that I haven’t seen in the east!
Thanks, yes it is a Western, Mexican and Central American bird.
Jun 13, 2021 18:21:57 #
robertjerl wrote:
Another very long range close-up. br When I filled... (show quote)
Robert, excellent, with a steady hand.
Greg
Jun 13, 2021 20:21:52 #
CLF wrote:
Robert, excellent, with a steady hand.
Greg
Greg
Thanks a lot.
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