this little cutie got chased over to the deck at my house where i was sitting, by another hummingbird, and it landed and just sat there. on the deck. the other one hovered for a moment then zoomed off. me and my housemate sat there and got like a yard away and it still just sat there. i’ve never seen a hummingbird so still like that, ever.
we could see it blinking and breathing! i was worred it was sick or something. finally after about 10 minutes it suddenly just blasted off and outta there. weird. maybe they were mating and it was tired? that’s my best theory.
March 21, 2006 at 8:27 pm
i have never seen one sitting still. beautiful colors.
tag1
March 21, 2006 at 8:34 pm
Very Nice Capture.
tag2
March 21, 2006 at 10:07 pm
I love the way it’s staring at you, cautiously but cheekily!
tag3 and fave
March 21, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Well caught, lovely colours – must have been magic, with it sitting there so long!
March 22, 2006 at 10:12 am
Amazing colours and detail.
March 23, 2006 at 2:22 pm
Wow, that’s great. I didn’t know they could sit still either. I always thougt they were big berzerko hyper spazzes.
They call ’em Kolibri in German too.
March 26, 2006 at 4:17 pm
we have very territorial hummers here. they do chase one another away from feeders and flowers. i’m glad you got to capture this little guy while he caught his breath.
September 12, 2007 at 3:46 pm
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