I have been growing my hummingbird garden for 5 seasons now. This year it is really producing. Had at least 10 – 12 adults birds all summer since March. Now there are also Northern birds migrating through and it is crazy busy out there. I had not been shooting much, but way too much action to sit this out.
Trumpet Vine
Firecracker or Cigar Plant
Coral Honeysuckle
I still don’t have a full-frame keeper of a male in a flower. Here are some males displaying their gorget. Here is an adult and a juvenile displaying.
And just for fun a bonus Bumble Bee in the Desert Willow.
I have invited a couple local photographers over tomorrow morning, so should be some more hummingbird photos to follow.
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Life is good and I am blessed.
Kent
A good friend and co-worker came to work very excited to inform me he had a hummingbird nest in his yard, He found it while mowing and the mom was not happy with him mowing under her tree. He kept me informed every day the babies hatched this week. So I grabbed my gear and headed to his house. Pretty easy to get decent photos of the babies in the nest but the mom would not come into the nest with me in the yard, I ended up having to shoot this while sitting in my car at over 60 feet away. Thus this is a SUPER heavy crop. I would guess over 80%. I am always amazed at just how good my Canon gear is. 
I sat out on the patio three nights straight last week, for 30 to 45 minutes each nigth. Waiting for the perfect Hummingbird Male in a flower. I took several females flying around but not even one flower photo. I kept thinking I would get a better one before the end of the week. Then I got under the weather, and forgot to post. I came close to just letting the 52 week project die, but I made a public commitment. Please forgive this one being published late even though it was shot on 6/14/17 @ 7:00 PM.