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Project Noah Nature School
Archilochus alexandri
Dry arid dessert above 3,000 ft with lots of flowering agave and yucca plants around.
Here is a link to the Agave plant photos: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/116...
Hi New Yorker. I have telephoto zoom lens that goes to 300mm. I was maybe 10-20 feet away resting in the shade and had the camera on an automatic "speed" setting. She didn't seem to be bothered by me sitting there. She would zip in, feed for a few moments and would zip away. After about 5 minutes she'd come back and do it again. I came back 2 mornings in a row to get some shots. Not sure if it was the same female or not each morning! I also heavily crop my photos when I get them back home and on the computer! I hope that helps!
Very nice capture. Hummingbirds are fast. How did you capture the pics with such amazing close up? Thanks!
Thank you! I will be posting some of the actual plan in a little while! Thanks for the link in the mean time!
Here is a link to see the agave plant http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115... very beautiful spotting.
Thanks again Adam, I'm flattered, but it's mostly luck! I always hear them before I see them. This day, I was resting on some red rocks during a hike and this little female flew up and started feeding. I stayed where I was and snapped away!
amazing photos Emily! I have tried hard to get a photo of hummingbirds while on hikes, but they are impossible! Way too fast, never stay still, and just hard to spot through the camera since they are so small.
Emily, those are fantastic! Beautiful shooting!! I love the positioning of the hummer's wings in the last photo. ;-)
I believe the plant is an agave! I have never seen them in bloom before. The stalk is easily 8 to 10 feet tall and the flower bunches are bigger than my hand!
Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jun 13, 2012
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