Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Stellula calliope

A very heavily cropped photo of this teeny male Calliope Hummingbird! This was the closest I had ever been to a Hummingbird, so it was a neat experience (down in Weaselhead, far away from anyone's bird feeder). I posted another shot of it ages ago. Look familiar, Phil, LOL?

A very heavily cropped image of this very tiny Calliope Hummingbird, seen down in Weaselhead two days ago. This was the closest I had ever been to a Hummingbird, so I was happy to get a photo in which you could actually see some colour and feathers, instead of just a dark, Hummingbird-shaped silhouette perched on some distant branch, LOL. When you think that a teeny Hummingbird could almost be mistaken for a large Bumblebee : )

Yes, it's SMALL, but it's still the closest I've been able to photograph a Calliope Hummingbird in the wild, LOL. You can just make out a tiny bit of irridescent green on the head, as well as the purple stripes on the neck. These birds are rather like large Bumblebees when flying. Seen on a distant tree in their usual area in Weaselhead. Wouldn't have wanted to be the tiny insect flying below it : )