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Cliff L.
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p.1 #1 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


I was hanging out on the deck waiting for hummingbirds to come for their daily dip in our little fountain, and this guy (gal) showed up...











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Jun 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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p.1 #2 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Dryocopus pileatus, otherwise know as the hummingbird wannabe, heh. Nice catch!
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Jun 15, 2025 at 06:46 AM
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p.1 #3 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Probably a Piliated Woodpecker

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/overview

Morris
Jun 15, 2025 at 07:05 AM
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p.1 #4 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Lovely shots ! Love the first one.

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Jun 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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p.1 #5 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


A fledgling Pileated, as Cliff already knew.

Bet you didn't need the 600mm for that one.

Tony
Jun 15, 2025 at 03:58 PM
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p.1 #6 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Imagemaster wrote:
A fledgling Pileated, as Cliff already knew.

Bet you didn't need the 600mm for that one.

Tony

Nope - the 600 was way too long, and I was afraid I'd scare him off if I tried to back up (or I would have fallen off the edge of the deck...)


Jun 15, 2025 at 06:17 PM
 


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p.1 #7 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


What a nice surprise.

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Jun 16, 2025 at 08:39 AM
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p.1 #8 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Indeed a surprise!
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Jun 16, 2025 at 01:24 PM
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p.1 #9 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Nice photos, but it's a "her" and not a "him".
Glen
Jun 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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p.1 #10 · Help Identify This Hummingbird...?


Excellent! Time to get a bigger fountain!
Jun 17, 2025 at 04:52 PM
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Love the colors and detail.
Jun 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM







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