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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 05:01 PM
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Male and female adult Robins taking food to their nestlings:



Adult male Robin:



Adult male Lesser Black-backed Goldfinch



Immature male Anna's Hummingbird
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 06:15 PM
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1. Very sweet pics
There's something about that young hummy that gets to me. :loveya:
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 07:27 PM
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3. I was in position to shoot robins when he flew up and complained I wasn't shooting him
I was minimum focal distance from him - a little under 3 feet - and he was complaining so much I took some photos just to make him happy. These hummers are not the least bit afraid of me; the hover inches from my face, sit on me and treat me like their attendant.
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CaptRandom Donating Member (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 06:37 PM
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2. I love hummers...
They are really cute birds...








O8)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 07:30 PM
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4. That hummingbird pic is really kool.
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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 07:41 PM
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5. Luverly.
:)
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 08:45 PM
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6. nice shots, all. thanks for sharing them.
:)
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:57 PM
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7. Shameless self-promotion
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:03 PM
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8. Beautiful pictures of beautiful birds.
Thank you for sharing.
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lukasahero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:15 PM
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9. Holy smokes - these are lovely!
I dream of taking pictures this nice someday. Nice job!
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:44 PM
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10. I've only been doing it three years - digital speeds up the learning curve!
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 12:08 AM
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11. Lovely plumage!
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 12:12 AM
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12. Oh, thanks, that must made my evening.
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 02:24 PM
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15. Edit: 'must' was supposed to be 'just.' And to kick a beautiful photo spread!
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 02:14 PM
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13. One more kick for shameless self-promotion
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 02:16 PM
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14. Those are great!
I got an up close and personal with an Anna's hummingbird at a Botanical Garden in Arizona back in April. Really wonderful little bird.:)
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 05:23 PM
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18. The ones here get in my face constantly
I read a piece once that said if they were the size of blackbirds, it wouldn't be safe to walk through the forest because they're SO aggressive!
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 02:31 PM
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16. Fantastic photos!
:D
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 04:51 PM
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17. Diolch!
If you look closely, the aderyn y si is smiling.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 05:35 PM
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19. Neis
Dw i'n medru ei gweld. :D
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 05:55 PM
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20. You are so sweet to think my Cymraeg cerrig calch is anywhere near passable!
I'm banging my head trying to figure out what 'dw i'n' means. The rest I know ... I think. (able to see?)
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-11 09:31 AM
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21. Dw i'n is a contraction of Rydw i'n
:) Or in the South "w i'n"

Dw i'n medru (gallu) ei gweld (see her/it).

Heh heh "limestone Welsh?" I've never heard that before.

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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-11 01:20 PM
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22. Supposed to mean pidgin ... maybe it's a Midwestern immigrant thing?
Lots of Welsh where I'm from, including planned Welsh communities - my grandfather was born in Arvonia ... Kansas (his mother was born in Bala).

Which reminds me: the other day, as we were out, my husband spotted an unusual dog and asked me what it was; I told him it was a Welsh Corgi. He asked if the gravity is different in Wales, making everything shorter (the tallest member of my family is a towering 5'9").
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-11 04:17 PM
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23. lol
That's pretty funny. I once had a Welsh-speaking Welshman tell me that I was too tall to speak Welsh. I'm only 5'10" but he was 5'4" or 5'5".

Corgi by the way comes from cor (dwarf) ci (you know that one)
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