Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Chuparosa Challenge-A Charm of Hummingbirds


Blue Throated Hummingbird-Miller Canyon


Over mountains, meadows, and canyons, here are the 12 hummingbirds I found in Southern Arizona.  I only missed one...the White Ear Hummingbird.  Next year:)  But for now enjoy the beauty of  these incredible little birds. I'm on break and have limited access to blogger but I wanted to answer the question presented yesterday by Kathy.  What do you call a group of hummingbirds?  Answer.  A Charm:)

Rufous Hummingbird-Ash Canyon


Anna's Hummingbird-Ramsey Canyon



Costa's Hummingbird-Saguaro National Park
Magnificent Hummingbird-Mt. Lemmon



Broad Tail Hummingbird-Mt. Lemmon

Ruby Throated Hummingbird-Shoto, Wisconsin

Violet Crowned Hummingbird-Ramsey Canyon


Broad Bill Hummingbird-Madera Canyon



Black Chinned Hummingbird-Madera Canyon

Lucifer Hummingbird-Ash Canyon
Plain Capped Starthroat Hummingbird-Ash Canyon

21 comments:

  1. 'Charm' is perfect for these little jewels! Just like 'Murder' is perfect for a group of Crows!! At least that's what they're called downunder ...

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  2. You have photographed so many nice hummingbirds.....i like the colors.

    Greetings, Joop

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  3. SO CHARMING!!!
    gorgeous pictures!! you have such a variety of these little hummers! i love the iridescence...and the picture with his tail spread...such beauty you've captured!!

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  4. Oh, I love these little birds. Great shots Chris!

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  5. Oh, yes, that's perfect! Thanks for telling us. I know I could have looked it up!

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  6. And now, I am charmed... Wonderful collection you've got here Chris, enjoy your travels!

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  7. Perfect name because hummers are charming.

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  8. That is so neat, Chris. I never knew there were so many hummingbirds since we have only a few of them in our area. GORGEOUS....

    Have a nice break. What are you doing to have fun these days?

    Cold here this week... We've had a fire in the fireplace all week... LOVE it.
    Betsy

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  9. So nice to see all those. Too bad they are not all around at the same time and same garden. Well, maybe they are - I remember Kartchner Caverns hummingbird garden one August.

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  10. Beautiful collection of hummingbird. They are all gorgeous but the Costa's is my favorite. Great shots and I like the name "Charm" for a group of hummers.

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  11. Dziękuję, że znowu mogłam się napatrzeć na te śliczne ptaszki. Pozdrawiam.
    Thank you again, I could have a good look at these beautiful birds. Yours.

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  12. Holy Cow!! I mean bird... These are amazing. I love the pink and yellow ones, and the little fat purple one that I have never ever seen before, even in a picture. You must have done a Happy Dance when you got these shots!

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  13. That's a gorgeous collection of hummingbird photos. We still have a few here but they should be leaving soon. The only one I recognize is the ruby throated. Need to study this more.

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  14. Wow, that is a beautiful collection of Hummingbirds. Thank you for the Google Chrome tip, I haven't been tempted to throw my computer across the room at all this week while blogging.

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  15. Did you find as many as twelve varieties? Great! I'm charmed by each and every hummingbird. Now I added “a charm of hummingbird” to my vocabulary (as an English learner). Language is an interesting human invention. I haven’t seen even a single hummingbird in person, so I’d be on top of the world if I could see a charm of hummingbird.

    Yoko

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  16. A super collection of photos of these lovely little birds. Here we call a group of goldfinches (such pretty birds!) a charm - so fascinating to learn a group of hummers has the same name :)

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  17. A lot of beautiful hummingbirds!!!
    lovely post!

    Have a great day!

    xoxo, Juliana
    [pjhappies.blogspot.com]

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  18. You are fortunate to be able to enjoy more than one species. We love our Rubies here, but it would be nice to see others.

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