Antigua Hummingbirds

Here is a collection of the Hummingbird images that I liked from our trip to Antigua. 1, 2, 5-8 Antillean Crested Hummingbird. 3, 4, 9, 10 Green Throated Carib. Unlike other resorts, there were no feeders in Cocobay, which made photography more challenging especially with the strong winds moving the flowers most of the time.

Antigua - Hummingbirds

Although back for just over a week now, I haven't got to the end of sorting the last 2 days of the trip but decided, rather than doing a retrospective diary, I would concentrate on species/groups. So, here, an overview of my remaining Hummingbird attempts - not fully edited nor all the images(!) but a selection to show their charm and difficulty in photographing with good postures and clear backgrounds. The first 6 the Antillean Crested Hummingbird and the last 4, the Green Throated Carib.

 

 

Antigua Day 3 Around the Resort: Hummingbirds!!

One of my aims was to get Hummingbird images while we are here. On Friday morning, I managed flight images of the two species - each with its faults, which I would like to improve on but, from experience, it is often the first ones that remain in the memory. 1, 2. Antillean Crested Hummingbird 3-6. Green Throated Carib 7. Banaquit showing use of Beak to take nectar from base of flower 8. Black-faced Grassquit female eating dates 9,10 Two fungi species

Pyrenees Day 2 Morning Haut de Camp

We stopped first to explore a wonderful outcrop of rock covered in meadow flowers and home to dozens of Hummingbird Hawk Moths - just amazed by the way that they control the wings independently, flexing the wing angle and shape. Lots of other insects to investigate and record.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth and Flying Companions at Gamlingay Wood

There were plenty of insects on the wing on a warm still afternoon at Gamlingay Wood including this Hummingbird Hawkmoth (too brief a visit to get more than half a dozen shots), three Volucella Hoverfly species and lots of butterflies. I tried to get out-of-focus backgrounds with the Red Admirals and Commas.

Rufous-tailed hummungbird

Last one from Ecuador - the complete catalogue of birds is now accessible from my website but this is my favourite - mainly because I have knipofias growing outside my study window in Cambridge but the most exotic species I have seen on them here are goldfinches