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Costa’s Hummingbird Nest

Costa’s Hummingbird

Costa’s Hummingbird Nest.

 I thought I would stick with the bird theme.  This hummingbird is tiny!  According to Sibley, it is one of our smallest birds - it weighs in at 3.5 grams.  I shot this right at sunrise with a 600, plus 2x converter, plus extension tubes and still couldn’t fill the frame.

You can see this little gal right outside the Anza-Borrego Visitor Center.  Employees roped off the area surrounding the nest after a dog started sniffing near the nest; that does make finding the bush with the nest a lot easier, look for the barriers.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 4:00 am and is filed under Anza-Borrego, Author, California, Photos, Ron, Travel, Wildlife. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “Costa’s Hummingbird Nest”

  1. Carl Says:
    February 26th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Hey Ron,

    Nice to see you shooting some wild animals again! :)

    Hope you guys are having a great and safe trip.

    Cheers

    Carl

  2. Ron Says:
    February 27th, 2008 at 8:06 am

    Hi Carl,

    Nice to see some wildlife! :)

    We are having a great trip, thanks man!

    Ron

  3. Denear Says:
    February 28th, 2008 at 7:09 am

    I would be very interested in knowing your camera/lens settings.
    600 X2 + extention tubes = WOW
    Have a great rest of your trip, and please keep sending back these beautiful shots.
    Stay safe
    Denear

  4. Ron Says:
    February 28th, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Thanks Denear,

    I shot these at ISO 800, f/5.6 and around a 1/30th of a second. I also used a little fill flash since the sunrise was behind the bird. Even with the 600 and 2x converter, the bird was too small in the frame at my minimum focus distance, so I added an extenstion tube which allowed me to get a little closer and still focus. These guys are tiny!

    Ron

  5. JP Says:
    March 16th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    Hi, lovely site! Kudos to you and your wife for these wonderful pictures. Can you tell me what your useage policy is? I am asking both in reference to use of your pictures on my personal blog, as well as in my work (university extension)…

    Thanks, and I hope you continue enjoying the vibrant spring we’re having here in the southwest!

    ~JP

  6. Ron Says:
    March 16th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    Thank you very much JP!

    If it is a personal blog, and you provide us a link, and if you can use an image straight from this site, or our main site without us having to resize it, then that is cool with me.

    As far as the University works goes, I guess it would depend on how you were using it - if you like would could email or call you for specifics.

    Thanks,

    Ron

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