Written by Carole
Paula, aka Motherhen68, sent this over. Her son, Hawkeye, 10 years old took this photo. He did an awesome job! He also gave me an education about some of the hummingbirds that are visiting my feeder. I just assumed if it had a white tail and no red on the neck it was a female. It turns out if the bird has the dots like in the photo, it is an immature male hummingbird and not reached his full maturity. From what I read, it takes about a year for them to develop into a mature male hummingbird with the red neck.
Thanks for sharing, Motherhen68. Your 10 year old is going to be an awesome photographer and birder.
Tags: hummingbird
July 9th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Thank you so much for posting Hawkeye’s picture. He was much impressed at your kind words.
He’s still trying to get a good photo of the full grown male. He’s captured one the other day, but it’s too far away to be a good photo. August will be here soon enough with all the migrants coming through. He should be able to get some great shots then.
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July 9th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
What a photographer he is! Beautiful capture of a beautiful bird.
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