I’ve mentioned how I’m not sure what species the hummingbirds that aren’t Buff-bellied are; it’s clear that they’re either Ruby-throated or Black-chinned, but without a good view of the color of the male’s throat (which requires that the sun be behind us as we look at him), it’s really hard to distinguish the two.
I missed it at the time, but vireo got a shot of a hummingbird perched on one of the feeder wires yesterday that answered that question:
It’s not a great shot; it’s pretty much impossible to get the camera to focus when zoomed in on a small target like that with most of the field taken up by the more-distant background. But you can see the color of his throat: that’s Ruby-throated red, not Black-chinned purple.
That was pretty cool, but the series of shots that several users got this afternoon were even better. txbird got my favorite:
Awesome shot!
txbird – that was a truly awesome shot. I was trying to get a similar one but missed. so it’s good you got it. I had left in mine because of the red throat it showed. I’m just hoping we see a black-chinned too.