My Nest
by Robert Bales
Title
My Nest
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
An Anna's Hummingbird looking over her nest.
Anna's Hummingbird is 3.9 to 4.3 inches (10 to 11 centimeters)long. It has a bronze-green back, a pale grey chest and belly, and green flanks. Its bill is long, straight and slender. The adult male has an iridescent crimson-red crown and throat, and a dark, slightly forked tail. Anna's is the only North American hummingbird species with a red crown. Females and juveniles have a green crown, a grey throat with some red markings, a grey chest and belly, and a dark, rounded tail with white tips on the outer feathers.
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April 21st, 2012
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Comments (11)
Shoal Hollingsworth
This is amazing. I nominated this for a Special Feature in the 1000 Views group. L/F
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #21 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Christopher for the wonderful information and the discussion along with the LFTw!!
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this fabulous hummingbird capture for special feature on the 1000 view group... T/F
Carol McGrath
What a wonderful capture! I have hummingbird visiting here in New York, but have never seen their nests.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Carol for the nice comment!! The only nest we have found in Arizona!! We had one in your backyard!!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
William Tasker
Gorgeous capture, Robert! Thank you for submitting this fine image of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F