Anna’s Hummingbird
Calypte anna
Without a doubt, the Anna’s Hummingbird is the most common hummingbird found on the west coast where in some areas they are year-round residents. My home in San Diego County is such a place.
Taxonomists regard the Anna’s Hummingbird as monotypic (i.e. there are no recognized subspecies).
Their territory has expanded beyond Southern California and Baja California in the early 20th century. Today, their range extends well to the north and to the east. It includes all of California, most of Arizona, western Oregon, western Washington and even into British Columbia.
We know Anna’s Hummingbirds now have a wide post-breeding dispersal. Today, these wandering birds are finding food supplies of introduced exotic plants and artificial feeders. It seems easy to conclude it would cause a sudden expansion to their range.
Male Anna’s Hummingbirds have a curious practice when courting a mate. They dive from a height of about 130 feet and curve away from the ground at speeds over 50 mph, then they flare their outer tail feathers, creating an audible chirp. Before I learned of this practice, I thought I was hearing the call note of a California Towhee. Later, I learned it was not even a vocal sound at all. Now I know to look for a tiny bird hovering high overhead before making his dive. They produce this chirp just before reaching the perigee of their “J” shaped arcing dive.
50 Photos
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2002:06:21 8:49 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A2F21a27-AnnasHummingbird-2 |
| © 2002 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: This island is only two kilomters from the peninsula shoreline, so does not isolate it from nearby birds. Our first landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla San Rogue, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 9:05 |
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Location:
Isla San Roque |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 500 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D5X4767-1 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: At Garnet Queen Creek Crossing, on Santa Rosa Mountain. Southern Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:09:10 10:19 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X2340-AnnasHummingBird-2 |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon, near Hereford, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:28 8:12 |
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Location:
Miller Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X2046-AnnasHummingBird-2 |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon, near Hereford, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:27 16:02 |
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Location:
Miller Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X1971-AnnasHummingBird-SubAdult-2 |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: High Valley Area. Poway, California (San Diego County). |
Date Taken: 2008:07:30 8:02 |
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Location:
High Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 400 mm, f/2.8, 1/5000 |
File Name: Cut_jcd9493AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: BioBlitz day in Balboa Park. San Diego, California. |
Date Taken: 2008:05:03 13:35 |
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Location:
North Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD4993AnnasHummingbird-2 |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Feeding babies in a successful nest in Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2011:03:20 16:45 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A1C20a31-AnnasHummingbird-2 |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: High Valley Area. Poway, California (San Diego County). |
Date Taken: 2008:07:30 8:31 |
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Location:
High Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 400 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: jcd9634AnnasHummingBird-2 |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: High Valley Area. Poway, California (San Diego County). |
Date Taken: 2008:07:30 7:55 |
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Location:
High Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 400 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 |
File Name: jcd9435AnnasHummingBird-2 |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: High Valley Area. Poway, California (San Diego County). |
Date Taken: 2008:07:20 16:28 |
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Location:
High Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/750 |
File Name: jcd8596AnnasHummingBird-2 |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Feeding on aphids at the Vista Grande site. Images from the SDNHM study of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto Mountains. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:06:28 8:28 |
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Location:
Vista Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: JCD1081.AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:03:22 17:40 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X4367-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day one, nest building mostly done, now on eggs. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:06 10:51 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D501934-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:26 17:38 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D502808-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:26 17:58 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D502961-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:26 8:39 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502591-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day 3, on eggs. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:07 14:08 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D501988-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day 11, eggs have hatched, babies need to be fed. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:15 18:43 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502284-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon, near Hereford, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:28 15:04 |
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Location:
Miller Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X2226-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day 3, on eggs. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:07 14:23 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502050-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day 11, eggs have hatched, babies need to be fed. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:15 18:11 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502171-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:26 17:27 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D502757-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:26 17:36 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D502794-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: I spent an early mid-November morning at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona, where I found a sap tree made by a Red-Naped Sapsucker. Several other species were reaping the benefits of this food source. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:16 10:38 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D5X0820-BoyceThompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: This meeting took place at the southern reaches of Morro Bay. One of my favorite regions to explore is California’s central coast. During past visits to this lovely town, I’ve wandered the grounds of the Natural History Museum and found it both peaceful and birdy. |
Date Taken: 2022:03:01 9:36 |
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Location:
Museum of Natural History |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_8500915-MorroBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Some of my time late in the day during my stay at the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum was spent at the hummer feeders. The arboretum is near Superior Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:24 11:26 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D5X1406-Boyce-Thompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 9:05 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D5X0637-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 9:03 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D5X0594-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Margaret Flemming Nature Trail (Torrey Pines State Park). Del Mar, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:03:14 11:26 |
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Location:
Torrey Pines Extension |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X1456-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Seen on the bluffs during the San Diego Natural History Museum's BioBlitz-2010. Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:05:22 11:57 |
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Location:
Los Peñasquitos Lagoon
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: JCD9143.AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon, near Hereford, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:27 16:02 |
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Location:
Miller Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X1971-AnnasHummingBird-SubAdult |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: The Springs at Santa Rosa Mountain. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:06:10 17:46 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D722252-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day one, nest building mostly done, now on eggs. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:06 10:49 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D501913-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:26 8:38 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502582-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:05:10 17:31 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D503910-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day 11, eggs have hatched, babies need to be fed. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:15 18:31 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502256-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day 11, eggs have hatched, babies need to be fed. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:15 18:10 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D502152-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:05:06 18:00 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D503256-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: At the 'Springs' on Santa Rosa Mountain. Elevation 7400' on southern Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:08:30 12:11 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X9062-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Nesting in Poway California, day one, nest building mostly done, now on eggs. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:06 10:55 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D501945-Poway-Nest |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:05:09 18:21 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D503731-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: The final birding episode for my 2023 North American Expedition was to Box Canyon. It yielded an encounter with Five-Striped Sparrows, an Arizona specialty species I’d been hoping to meet for over a decade. |
Date Taken: 2023:07:14 10:01 |
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Location:
Box Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/26000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_Z9X4707_PimaCounty-BoxCanyon-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: The final birding episode for my 2023 North American Expedition was to Box Canyon. It yielded an encounter with Five-Striped Sparrows, an Arizona specialty species I’d been hoping to meet for over a decade. |
Date Taken: 2023:07:14 10:01 |
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Location:
Box Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/32000 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_Z9X4686_PimaCounty-BoxCanyon-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Having enjoyed past visits to Agua Caliente Park, in northeast Tucson, I was eager to return during my 2023 Expedition. It did not disappoint! |
Date Taken: 2023:03:27 15:52 |
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Location:
Agua Caliente Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_ZX94946_AguaCaliente-Tucson-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Having enjoyed past visits to Agua Caliente Park, in northeast Tucson, I was eager to return during my 2023 Expedition. It did not disappoint! |
Date Taken: 2023:03:27 15:51 |
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Location:
Agua Caliente Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_ZX94936_AguaCaliente-Tucson-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: I spent an early mid-November morning at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona, where I found a sap tree made by a Red-Naped Sapsucker. Several other species were reaping the benefits of this food source. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:16 10:38 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AnnasHummingbird_D5X0810-BoyceThompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:05:06 17:51 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AnnasHummingBird_D503183-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: The Springs at Santa Rosa Mountain. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:06:10 17:22 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D722097-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anna's Hummingbird(Calypte anna) |
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Description: The Springs at Santa Rosa Mountain. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:06:10 17:23 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D722107-AnnasHummingBird |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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