Honeysuckle Reflections-1 - a photo on Flickriver

For the 3rd year, this honeysuckle bush and the new feeders have attracted a family of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) to the front of our home in East Brunswick. The bush was put in this spot deliberately to 1) attract hummers and 2) spruce up a very ordinary town light post. While the male was rarely seen, the female and offspring showed up for many weeks. They took turns moving between the feeders and the honeysuckle, which seems to cycle through periods of heavy flowering.

On this day, I was most fortunate to capture the wonderful intense red reflection of brilliantly sunlit honeysuckle flowers on the neck and breast of this individual while it sipped the sweet treat within.

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I was surprised that the hummers favored honeysuckle flowers that had not fully opened yet. Think of how amazing their flying is to accurately 'thread' the small opening of the still mostly closed flowers. Perhaps other insects can access the open flowers and those that have not yet opened still have lots of nectar and pollen. Just a thought. Does anyone else know about this?

Taken on: July 15, 2009

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Camera: Canon EOS 40D, f/7.1, 1/1250 sec, 400mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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