[TN-Bird] Orangy-throated hummingbird
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: RubyThroat@xxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:11:28 EDT
Hi Bob & other TN-Birders,
A little while ago, I had a rather unusually marked ruby-throated hummingbird
here in Charlotte Park, West Nashville, Davidson County a few blocks east of
the Cumberland River. When the light glinted off its throat, it gave off a
sometimes orange cast and at other times, it looked as if its red feathers were
tipped in gold (not yellow, but pure gold) which, at the slightest change of
position, would again glint orange. Other than that, it appears to be a
standard ruby-throat, but I have never had one catch the light quite like that
before.
This is an absolutely camera wary bird. I tried and tried to get a photo,
but he was GONE every time before I could get the camera clicked. I've deleted
piles of images of just the feeder. At one point, he was perched high up in a
hackberry tree looking right at me with his "gold" glinting away. I stepped
out onto the deck. That didn't bother him. I started to aim the camera. He
moved to another spot from which his gold also glinted. As soon as I was in
position, he moved back to the first spot. I got back there to take aim, and
he flew in behind a leafy canopy. When he returned to the feeder later, we
played the same "game," and he has won the match. There are names for little
birds like him, and they are not nice names. Would you believe something like
@#$%&*%$#?
Oh well, I enjoyed watching the little fellow even though he exasperated the
daylights out of me by posing so pretty until I was ready to fire off the
shutter.
Happy birding,
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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