Friday, June 10, 2011

Followed By Hummingbird

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Baby Hummingbird on its Nest
I have never seen a hummingbird on its nest, until today! First, we saw this hummingbird kissing the blossom of a naked coral tree
Hummingbird Kissing the Naked Coral Tree Blossom
It is not a surprise for me to see hummingbirds kissing red flowers. First, I have seen it and captured in picture many times. Second, it is not a myth that hummingbirds love red flowers.Third, the hummingbirds are really known to be flower kissers. Like the butterflies, they are responsible for pollinating the flowers around. However, unlike fellow bloggers Diane of Desert Colors and Karen of Avcr8teur's Photoblog, we have not been lucky enough to have guest hummingbirds nest in our backyard despite I see a lot of them fluttering their mighty little wings in the air as they move from flower to flower. But today is one of those days with pleasant surprises, we saw a baby hummingbird who kept flying back and forth to its nest. 
The mom hummingbird was not around, maybe she already decided her baby is strong enough to be on its own. The baby hummingbird would fly away from its nest, maybe to look for food or maybe to test the strength of its wings, but after a while, it would go back and sit on its nest to rest. It was a joy! Notice that all the pictures above were not taken by me, because I was not carrying a zoom lens but a macro lens. I cannot shoot close to the bird or else the bird will fly away. So, I was simply a happy spectator watching my husband happily shoot away with his zoom lens. When I finally walked away from both to do some macro flowers photography, suddenly, another hummingbird appeared right in front of me showing me how it can flap its wings up to 90 times in one second producing a humming sound.
Hummingbird Appeared So Close To Me 
What a joy it was! All the while I thought I will not be able to shoot a hummingbird yesterday because I only had macro lens and I cannot come close enough to the birds without scaring them away. But what a very pleasant surprise, one humingbird followed me ( let me dream away) and came so close to me, and for a long while, our stares locked as he kept dancing in front of me. I say "he" since from what I learned, female hummingbirds don't have blue or red colors on their neck.

Truly, a day spent out of the doors, without cell phone and without internet connections are some of life's most pleasant moments.

Have a happy weekend everyone.
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22 comments:

  1. The last picture is gorgeous!

    Happy Sunday madam! :)

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  2. wow, looks like it really followed you Betchai! so beautiful! you must have been so thrilled! sharing your joy here...whew! happy weekend wonderwoman..love yah!

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  3. Wow, amazing photos! Do you work for Natgeo?! LMAO! Tnx for sharing! Have a great day! =)

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  4. Beautiful photos, Khai! It is such a wonderful treat to see the baby bird and its nest.

    The last picture though is incredible with the motion of the wings. It stares right back at you, Betchai.

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  5. i've never seen one too Betchai, until now, thanks fr sharing this amazing photography....keep improving...

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  6. if i am the one being followed by the hummingbird, would consider it a very pleasant surprise too! love, love, love the last photo most! whew!!!

    enjoy the rest of the weekend, Liz and Angels! ;)

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  7. Betchai, you absolutely made my day with these photos. They are so sweet and special. Capturing these little beauties is always not only difficult because they fly away but such a treat. Thanks so much for sharing them.

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  8. So beautiful! We only have the one kind of hummer here- the rubythroat.

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  9. How wonderful that you can observe these tiny birds in their nest.
    I have to admit to a touch of envy..

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  10. You are right, sometimes we need to unplug and unhook our devices so we can feel the simple pleasures around. That's what I do when I travel. I don't bring a laptop. My cell phone is not hooked on the web. All my phone does is call and text. Nothing fancy. I have an MP3 player but I use it only when I really want to listen to music, not because I'm bored.
    Thanks again for sharing beautiful photos.

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  11. geez... these are gorgeous. i wish i had the time to take photos again. miss it.

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  12. Wow! I love the hummingbirds! I keep chasing them to somehow get close, but they are so quick. Great shots here, they are gorgeous.

    I need your email, please send to: amanda@selfsagacity.com. I think I found it on FB once but now you don't have FB anymore.

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  13. How wonderful to find a hummingbird on its nest! And also great that you were able to watch the hummingbirds flying close to you and hear the hum of wings. Nice pictures!

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  14. I love hummingbirds and you captured it so wonderfully. Aren't they amazing to watch?! Thanks for the mention!

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  15. how lovely shots you have taken...lucky you...a meeting like this is always a pleasure....have good rest of the week:-)

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  16. OOH Betchai I love the baby hummingbird, how sweet! We planted certain flowers this year in hopes of attracting nesting hummingbirds. We did see one, but that is it so far.

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  17. What a cool sighting to see a hummng bird nest. They are such sweet looking birds. Great photos.

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  18. They are amazingly beautiful, Betchai. It's so good to have a friend like you who posts photos like these. It's like looking at these wonderful creatures up close. The colours are so pretty! I'm glad to see you're enjoying the outdoors this summer. Hope to talk with you soon!

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  19. what a nice find, beautiful pictures.

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  21. Goodness gracious, this humming bird is gorgeous with so many different colors and spectacular photographed!

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  22. I love hummingbirds. I don't think I have ever seen one in person, but they just seem to be so sweet.

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