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Bird Bombed

August 12, 2019 • 5 Comments

I was working on getting photos of this hummer sitting on the end of a dead branch when he was disturbed by a grackle who passed by a little too closely.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1/1600 sec. f/6.3 ISO 2000

Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Grackle 1/1600 sec. f/6.3 ISO 2000

Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Grackle 1/1250 sec. f/6.3 ISO 2000

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Comments

Stewart Monckton(non-registered)

Two for the price of one! The first one is great!

Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

Lea's Menagerie(non-registered)

Great in-flight photos!

Debbie(non-registered)

WoW!! what a great series, the pictures are beautiful!! and not for nothing, but the hummers are pretty good bombers themselves!!!

Andy(non-registered)

Beautiful action of what must be a daily occurrence of survival.

T(non-registered)

Really nice!

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