{"id":19694,"date":"2024-08-18T06:26:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T10:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=19694"},"modified":"2024-08-18T06:26:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T10:26:16","slug":"maine-hummer-at-the-fuchsia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=19694","title":{"rendered":"Maine! Hummer at the fuchsia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (immature male): York County, Maine, USA, August 2024 \u2014 The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are coming back south down the coast and we have, as I noted a few days ago, a young male that is attempting to dominate the feeder. At the beginning of the summer we hung a fuchsia plant next to the feeder, on the advice of a friend who gets lots of hummers visiting the flowers. We have watched all summer, and this new young male is the first to do so on a regular basis. These images are early morning shots, on a cloudy day, so the light was less than optimal, especially for the high shutter speeds I wanted for the hummer, but still. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC VXD zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my action and flight modifications. Animal\/bird subject detection auto focus. ISO 12,800. Processed in Photomator. <\/p>\n

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