{"id":15725,"date":"2014-08-29T05:17:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T11:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15725"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:25:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:25:01","slug":"broad-tailed-hummingbird-a-photographic-lifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/08\/29\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-a-photographic-lifer\/","title":{"rendered":"Broad-tailed Hummingbird – A Photographic Lifer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PerchedPerched female Broad-tailed Hummingbird – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/3200, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or set up<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographing hummingbirds in the wild\u00a0can be daunting and fast paced, so fast paced that there are times I don’t often have time to properly ID them in the field.<\/p>\n

Yesterday while photographing hummingbirds I noticed the plumage on the back of one bird looked different.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until I was able to view my images on my computer screen that I realized that bird was a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird which is a photographic lifer for me.<\/p>\n

I don’t normally count a bird as a “lifer” unless I have photographed it. So I was tickled to find out I had another lifer even though I didn’t ID the bird in the field.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Broad-tailed Hummingbird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photographing hummingbirds in the wild can be daunting and fast paced, so fast paced that there are times I don’t often have time to properly ID them in the 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