Hummingbirds!

Suddenly there was a great deal of Hummingbird activity around our feeder, including some surprising species.  I had fun taking these shots.

The following photos are all male Anna's Hummingbirds.  They are the most common hummingbirds in our area, and can be found here year-round.  They are also quite handsome.

 Below are photos of male Black-chinned Hummingbirds.  I had never seen these at our house before this, but they seem to have moved in and made themselves at home.

This little one is a Calliope Hummingbird, the first one I have ever seen.  They are the smallest bird in North America.  This photo was taken with camera only, no scope.

Below are Rufous Hummingbirds, female on top, the rest males.  They are typically seen passing through in spring and fall migrations.

Home In March

Way behind on posting, so here goes some collected results from home for the month of March.

  It's Not always about the animals!

  

Oak Titmouse.  Very active and difficult to photograph.

  

Anna's Hummingbirds were showing nicely.

Acorn Woodpecker.  Old reliable.

 Northern Flicker. 

 Hairy Woodpecker - female.

 Hairy Woodpecker - female.

 Hairy Woodpecker - male.

 Nuttall's Woodpecker - male.

Nuttall's Woodpecker - female.

Nuttall's Woodpecker - female. 

 Downey Woodpecker - female.

Downey Woodpecker - female.

American Crow.

Good Ol' American Robin.

Scott's Oriole - male.

Scott's Oriole - female.

Scott's Oriole - female.

New Camera!!!

Hearing good reports, I wnet and got a new Nikon V1 to hopefully improve my digiscoping results.

So far so good, here are the results of the first shots.  It seems to be easier to get crisp photos.

Anna's Hummingbird

Western Scrub Jay

This Week At Home

This week I sought advice and worked to improve the quality of the images using the usual local suspects.  Still have some things to try, but I believe things are improving. 

Soon I hope to take the rig out to other environs.

 Rufous Hummingbird.

 Rufous Hummingbird.

Anna's Hummingbird getting colorful.

Rufous Hummingbird showing off.

Stellar's Jay.

Western Kingbird.  Not a great photo, but the only time I have ever seen one at our house.

More Practice

Yesterday was not so windy, so I could get some practice in on the usual local suspects.  Getting better at focus, still have a ways to go.  Thank god for digital, you throw away MANY images to get a good one.

Acorn Woodpecker.

Acorn Woodpecker x 2.

Anna's Hummingbird (male).

Anna's Hummingbird (male).

House Finch.  Nice action, focus could be better.

House Finch