Its’ hard not to love these guys ! Last evening, while filling a feeder, they were so anxious to get to the nectar they were landing on the feeder in my hand and finally on my hand. They’re were so many (about 50 at one time) that the only sound I could here was the buzzing or humming of their wings, which, by the way, even drowned out a few bullfrogs in the pond by the road. It has rained constantly for 4 days in a tropical fashion. It pours about 10 times per day with lightning thunder and even small (pea sized or less hail) and 10 minutes later the hot sun is back out. We have only received about 2 inches of rain over the four days but it is in tenths at each shower.
I took my camera out today and set it facing a sugar maple tree in the yard; as soon as one of the male hummingbirds landed I got off about 50 shots with a Canon 70D with a Lens and Teleconverter that, along with the crop factor of the 70D measure about 1000mm at f/6.7; now its going to rain again.
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 