At our friends' house yesterday near the little Sonoma County, Northern Californian town of Graton, I kept hearing the unmistakeable sound of an Anna's hummingbird near a huge "butterfly bush" (Buddelia) in their front yard.
Within a few minutes, I spotted a tiny female Anna's hovering around the flowers. I grabbed my camera and, to my delight, the little hummingbird lit several times -- allowing me to take several up-close photos of her feeding... She was only about 8 feet away from me as she went from flower to flower and didn't seem scared at all. She actually stopped and perched several times!
I wonder if she just likes the butterfly bush's flowers or, maybe, she thinks she IS a butterfly?
I thought you might enjoy seeing this dear, little creature up-close and personal! :o)
SO CUTE!
Isn't she just DARLING? :o)
This last photo isn't of her -- I'm throwing it in because I liked it. It's the view from our friends' front yard of the hills beyond at sunset:
Well, precious Gatherers... I hope you enjoyed this close encounter with a Anna's hummingbird!
'Til next time!
From the ole singlewide here in the wild hinterlands --
luv,
jean
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Comments: 15
You sure got some nice close shots, jean! :)
Jean that is a beautiful photo essay. Your photos are awesome.
Love it!
So precious! How do you get so close to capture every aspect of this lovely hummingbird? Thank you for sharing your photo essays with us, Jean. We are featuring this one today at Home Comfort
Oh, Jean, she is lovely!
She sure was a cooperative subject, huh? ;o) She was absolutely just NOT scared of me, whatsoever!
Thanks so much, Penni, Janet, Tanya, Natalie (I'm honored!) and Julie!
wonderful shots!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed them, Stephanie! :o)
Beautiful shots, Jean. Those are just stunning photos - it's so mall, we have two butterflies that come around that are the same size and those critters never hold still.
Because of gather I've seen so many different colours and types of hummingbirds - just amazing.
The hummingbird really is darling.
Thanks so much, Rose & Heather! They really are so CUTE!
Oh jean these are so great!! thank you for sharing this find with us
Just precious! I envy your bird's bravery and your camera. :P
That last one looks so much like a painting. LOVELY!
Wow, that's all I can say.