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Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

Notes:

This little guy joined us on the deck...he was within a few feet of us, without a care in the world! I think he may be a juvenile? If you look on his throat, he has ONE feather that is glowing red...the rest of the throat feathers may follow??

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23 Comments

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

I would like to invite you to post your spottings of hummingbirds in the new mission for Hummingbirds of the New World:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1244...
:-)

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks so much, Joshua!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

Beautiful up close shot! great pics all around :)

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thank you very much, Max!

maxmaheu69
maxmaheu69 11 years ago

Amazing capture! nice ! ! !

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks Lyndsey, Phil and Jamie!!

jamiehagwood
jamiehagwood 11 years ago

sweet shots

Phil_S
Phil_S 11 years ago

What an amazing spotting!

LyndseyD
LyndseyD 11 years ago

Awesome spotting, what a pretty bird! I love the fourth shot. Thanks for sharing with CFF! :)

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks Mike! I see them all the time in the summer but this one I think was young and didn't know how to take proper precaution!! ;-)

MikeGrageda
MikeGrageda 11 years ago

Awesome picture!

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Added a photo...

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

You're right!! And I'm a beginner in photography...got really lucky with this guy!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Wow... Christy... you have great experience.... Thanks for sharing... It feels great when our desired spotted Organism come very close to know what we are...

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks Ashish...that's cropped close but I had a light blue shirt on and he actually came within a few inches of me a couple times... maybe he thought I was a big flower! ;-)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Great Catch Christy... You have enjoyed the Day perfectly....!!
Never seen such clear eye of a Hummingbird.... Fantastic spotting...

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks, Sushimonster!

Sushimonster
Sushimonster 11 years ago

Nice Shots.

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks Alice & Nuwan!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Wow!!!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

This is an exceptional series!

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thank you!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Nice series!

ChristyHolland
Spotted by
ChristyHolland

Golden, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Sep 1, 2012
Submitted on Sep 1, 2012

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