{"id":70499,"date":"2020-06-03T05:10:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T11:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=70499"},"modified":"2024-08-30T10:23:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:23:05","slug":"female-black-chinned-hummingbird-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/06\/03\/female-black-chinned-hummingbird-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Black-chinned Hummingbird In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FemaleFemale Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a thin branch – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I get so excited when I have hummingbirds in my viewfinder especially when they are close enough for me to see the fine details in their tiny feathers. Yesterday I had a few opportunities to photograph the species I find most often in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a>, Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds.<\/p>\n

I see Broad-tailed more often than Black-chinned Hummingbirds and usually I see males far more frequently than I see the females of either species. That could be because I’ve learned to spot the males on their favorite perches and so far I haven’t been able to determine if the females have favorite perches at all.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I saw this female Black-chinned Hummingbird land on a willow branch not far from where I sat in a mobile blind and I was delighted to photograph her. What can’t be seen in this frame is that there were three male hummingbirds displaying for her. I could hear their wings and calls and when I took my eye away from the viewfinder I could see them flying and swooshing in wide, high arcs.<\/p>\n

The female Black-chinned Hummingbird didn’t seem to pay attention to the males at all for the few seconds I had her in my view. The female hummingbird stuck her tongue out briefly and then she flew off. I wonder if that meant anything. Perhaps their displays didn’t impress her much.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday I saw this female Black-chinned Hummingbird land on a willow branch not far from where I sat in a mobile blind and I was delighted to photograph her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1778,1731,26,773],"tags":[4004,4460,1779,4897,3940,4070,5370,6043,2652,4069,4104,165],"class_list":["post-70499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-black-chinned-hummingbirds","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-archilochus-alexandri","tag-black-chinned-hummingbird","tag-branch","tag-canyon","tag-female","tag-forest","tag-hummingbird","tag-hummingbirds-2","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t