Tuesday, June 14, 2011

AZ - White-eared Hummingbird - 07/28/10





White-eared Hummingbird - male, Beatty's Guest Ranch, Miller Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ. July 28th, 2010. With thoughts turning towards a forthcoming Arizona trip in late July, I came across these images of a smart male White-eared Hummingbird in my folder from last year's Birdfinders tour. I guess time just ran out on me to post them, but better late than never! The carefully placed feeders on Tom Beatty's property in beautiful Miller Canyon provide a unique opportunity to see some incredibly rare hummingbirds - this White-eared Hummingbird is an ABA Code 3 species and was 'digi-scoped' using a Canon Powershot A560 through a Swarovski HD spotting scope.






3 comments:

JRandSue said...

Nice iamges James,well Digiscoped.
Hope to trip with you in 2012?.
John.

James P. Smith said...

Looking forward to it John!

Best,

James

Larry said...

Nice shots of an unusual bird.