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Haemanthus albiflos - Royal Paint Brush with a Hummingbird


Haemanthus albiflos  - Royal Paint Brush with a Hummingbird (Haemanthus albiflos  - Royal Paint Brush)

Royal Paint Brushes are widely grown here...they're mass-planted everywhere at the San Diego Zoo. Photo taken in the Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.



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Great pic.

16 Dec, 2010

 

Alexandramou:

Thanks! The day I took this photo the hummingbirds were everywhere. The temp was a warm 83ºF/28ºC this past Monday.

16 Dec, 2010

 

Lucky lucky Delonix.

16 Dec, 2010

 

Lovely little bird ...Excellent photo.... :o)

16 Dec, 2010

 

Excellent shot Delonix!!

16 Dec, 2010

 

Alexandramou:

Thanks! :>)

17 Dec, 2010

 

Terratoonie:

Thanks! Actually, he's quite a large hummingbird. :>)

17 Dec, 2010

 

Meanie:

Thanks! I was lucky, hummingbirds are very difficult to photograph...as they zip around extremely fast.

17 Dec, 2010

 

"All good things come to those who wait" is a saying that comes to mind!

17 Dec, 2010

 

Meanie:

Very true! I'v never tried to photograph a hummingbird before.

Hummingbirds are brave, they come up to me while watering and drink from my hose all the time.

18 Dec, 2010

 

It looks like a female Rufous hummer--one of the largest, and something of a bully at the feeder.

19 Dec, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

I would think it's a he...because the male has a brighter color. The females have virtually no color.

The Anna Hummingbirds are my favorites. The males have the very bright neon pink to magenta bodies. Generally, they're the most commonly seen hummingbird here.

19 Dec, 2010

 

This is the male Rufous:

http://www.woodley.ws/images/RufousHummingbird.jpg

And this is the female:

http://sdakotabirds.com/species/photos/rufous_hummingbird.jpg

Which, of course, shows that I'm wrong! : )
the closest match I have found is the female Anna's, but they're just medium-sized hummers:

http://fireflyforest.net/images/firefly/2007/February/Calypte-anna-3.jpg

Still beautiful, cute, pugnacious, territorial birds with an attitude problem...I can respect that! : D

20 Dec, 2010



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