check out the FINGERS!!!! #BirdsOfMastodon #Bird #Hawk #Birding #BIrdsOfPrey #BirdInFlightPhotography #Flying #CoopersHawk

"does this lady realize that i am literally flapping so hard to hold this pose that my wings are officially INVISIBLE?" -- hard-working ruby-throat #BirdsOfMastodon #BIrd #Birding #Hummingbird #Photography #BirdPhotography #Funny #BIrdInFlightPhotography

"i see everything u do"-- watchful female ruby-throat (i've photo'd 50 species of hummingbirds, but migrating ruby-throats in September provide me with the most practice in my own backyard!) #BirdsOfMastodon #Bird #Hummingbird #Birding #BirdPhotography #Photograph #Portrait #Wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #Nature #Garden #Backyard

too fat too fly, this birb barely looks like she's getting any lift (actually, she just isn't going very far) #BIrdsOfMastodon #BIrd #Birding #Hummingbird #Migration #Garden #YardBird #BirdPhotography #BirdInFlightPhotography #Photograph #nature #wildlife

The ruby-throated wars continue... in the last few minutes i've seen up to 4 hummers contending for the rights to my 2 little feeders... this branch is attached to one of the feeders so the most aggressive hummingbird stays perched there... until she is knocked off... #BIrdsOfMastodon #Bird #Birds #hummingbird #Migration #FallMigration2025 #BIrdPhotography #Photograph #Nature #Wildlife #Behavior

"you wanna go that a way about a thousand miles, then take the next left at albuquerque" -- helpful #hummingbird #BirdsOfMastodon #Bird #Birding #Hummingbirds #Rare #Nature #Peru #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Photograph

"there is too much pollen on my beak and, also, mondays suck" -- Bronzy Inca, one of 50 species of hummingbird I have photographed #BIrdsOfMastodon #Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Photograph #Nature #Pollen #Pollinator #Nature #Outdoors #PhotoMonday #Fotomontag

"a light in a rainy forest" #SilentSunday #Rain #Bird #Birding #Ecuador #BirdsOfMastodon #Wildlife #Photography #BirdPhotography #Mood #Nature #Hummingbird #Hummingbirds

"it rained on me & i blame u" --angry violet-headed hummingbird (i have photo'd 50 species of #hummingbirds, please excuse my boasting and posting of daily #hummingbird pics for a while) #BirdsOfMastodon #Bird #Birding #Rain #Panama #Nature #outdoors #BirdPhotography #Photograph

today's #hummingbird of the day is one of your longer, leaner types just hovering around #BirdsOfMastodon #Bird #Birding #Hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #BirdInFlightPhotography #Photograph #Wildlife #Nature #Panama #Garden #HummingbirdGarden