There is a very brave and bossy hummingbird that lives in a particular tree, eats at a particular feeder, and spends part of the afternoon in a flowering bush. He chases off all other birds. Junko photographed him when she was here (see: http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2016-12-30 ) and I was able to catch him today. It was fascinating as his colors changed depending on the angle I photographed him - sometimes green, sometimes purples, sometimes little purple spots.
Just been checking these out in my hummingbird ID book. I think this is a male Costas hummingbird and the other one I'm pretty sure is a male Anna's. Thanks for inspiring me to get out my book. They sure are beautiful. I'm trying to decide what lenses I should take to Todos Santos. Looks like I should take a bird lens!
@jgpittenger OH, that's where you are going!! We did a day trip there and it reminded me of Beaver Island compared to the rest of Michigan. It's a lovely small town, had some fun restaurants (we were only there for lunch), an area where turtles go down to the sea, if that's still happening when you are here. There's access to the Pacific so sunsets should be do-able. It's quite isolated so I'm guessing you'll have a car to explore? I used my 28-300 for the day, but there were macro opportunities and wide angle as well. Definitely take the bird lens -- we've had so many flitting about but a little far for my 300mm without a fair amount of cropping.
@taffy my bird lens is only a 300 mm...but sharper than a zoom. Yes, we are going to have a car. I was thinking my WA for stars, 24-120 for carry around, and 300 mm. Not sure there will be space on carry on for macro as well, but I'll see. Thanks. Jasmine assures us there will be baby turtles and whales. Sure hope so
@jgpittenger Sounds like you're fine without your macro. I brought it and used it once simply since I'd brought it along. And I had NO need for a fisheye! So staying with the basics should be perfect. 300mm a plus for sure.
