I had two hummingbirds who were at my feeders off-an-on most of the day.
One of them has a beautiful gold patch on its throat that would glisten when the sun hit it.
One would perch on a branch of a bush and just sit there.
I caught him sticking his tongue out at me once.
Maralee
Through My Lens 
you should submit these to a nature magazine, Mara.
Thanks, Mo.
I’ve only caught a few with tongues out (and very little at that). Great capture!
This particular bird seemed to like to stick out his tongue a lot. 🙂
Amazing pics. You have captured all of the detail of the birds.
Thanks so much, Judy.
Maralee, my heart goes so soft when I look at your photos of those delightful birds. Truly adorable – your photos are so good. I don’t really know what to say. How do you manage to get those photos when they are in the air … just amazing.
Thank you, Viveka. I have to be patient and wait for them to come around and then just shoot a lot of photos. I have my camera on continuous shooting so I can get several photos at once.
Okay, you have the camera on speed shot mode – I have never tried that or sports mode I think it’s called on mine.
Have to start abusing my camera more. *smile
Looking at buying a new Canon Power Shot – with 20Zoom – really good deals on now. I have given up the thought about a big camera again.
And a Hasselblad will never happen. *laughing
Beautiful, beautiful shots. I have yet to capture a clear photograph of a hummingbird….they’re so fast.
They are very fast and it’s hard to get them in focus when they’re moving so quickly. I try to use a fast shutter speed.
Great photos!
Thank you very much.
Beautiful pictures!!
Thank you, Renee.
2 kewl fer skewl 🙂 i got some hummer shots but nutin as kewl as urs….love the patch!
Thank you. It’s funny how the gold patch only shows in certain lighting.
Fantastic shots! 🙂
Thank you, Inga.
The capture with the tongue is something special…
When he first stuck out his tongue I wasn’t quite sure what he was doing. It was just so fast.
the tongue out shot is incredible