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[KeyGrip]

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[greenLED]

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One of the wonders of living in the tropics... hummingbirds!

This little fellow got inside our house and couldn't get out. We tried to coax him towards open doors and windows but nothing worked.

He finally dropped on the floor and wouldn't move. He wouldn't even open his eyes and I could barely see him breathing. Hummingbirds need amazing amounts of energy to survive, so I suspected this poor guy must've exhausted most (if not all) of his reserves.

Remembering a tip from an ornithologist friend of mine, I quickly prepared an oversaturated solution of sugar water and started "force-feeding" it to the hummingbird. At first, the poor thing wouldn't even open its beak, but slowly it started sipping from the syringe. Slooooowly but surely it started opening its eyes, and then, in the blink of an eye, it flew away! He was sipping sugar water for a good 5-10 minutes before flying away.

I leave you with a pic of this beautiful bird:

 

[TITAN1833]

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that picture is one of the best yet,that humming bird is adorable thanks for posting

 

[PCC]

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One of many nephews of mine.

 

[Flying Turtle]

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The picture's pretty lousy, but the subject, a Pileated Woodpecker, is a rare sight around here. At least I haven't seen many. I took this handheld at full zoom (5x optical x 5x digital), so sharpness wasn't really expected.

I hadn't seen this bird before I heard it hammering on a tree. The sound is characteristically louder and deeper than that of other woodpeckers in this area. Hope it sticks around.

Geoff

 

[KeyGrip]

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[B@rt]

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sunset at 12.000 meter:

 

[TITAN1833]

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Room for one more?

 

[The_LED_Museum]

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The same "punkin patch" (pumpkin patch) I photographed just prior to Halloween 2008 and again on the morning of 11-18-08.
Guess somebody went "pumpkin smashing" (a popular Halloween prank) almost a month too late.

.
This photograph was taken on the morning of 11-28-08.

 

[Crenshaw]

Re: That picture you're really proud of.. (Part 2)

I expanded this poster..

so i could use it on my desktop...took ages to do too..

Crenshaw

 

[chew socks]

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This is from the bad New England ice storm

And so is this...but it was taken on film, so i had to take a pic of the printed photo so it doesn't look that great.

These are my parents walking (This picture reminded me of a movie seen i saw once)

Same deal here...but this is that girl from my other power out story walking down the street i live on. (i liked the way the lighting changes from left to right)

 

[DM51]

Re: That picture you're really proud of.. (Part 2)

Nice photos, chew socks, but they are too big. Please resize them in accordance with the rules.

 

[chew socks]

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Nice photos, chew socks, but they are too big. Please resize them in accordance with the rules.

Oops sorry...i've resized them

 

[Coop]

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Raindrops on a rose at my mother in laws final restingplace.

 

[Crenshaw]

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Hey DM51, did you move all these pictures from that other thread so that that one would be more flashlight based?

if so, thanks!

Crenshaw

 

[Nitroz]

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My son in Americus, GA

Fun in the Ocean. This is my friends son.

 

[edc3]

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My daughter with a ladybug that landed on her nose.

A pair of earrings that I made for my wife.

A surfer in Santa Cruz, California.

 

[RA40]

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A recent one from a getaway; Moonstone Beach, Cambria CA

 

[jusval]

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My wife & I don't get out much, but we both love to take photos of wildlife.........

Hackberry Emperor getting salt from sweat....

Giant Swallowtail in our Garden

Monarch Butterfly

We even had Black Swallowtails lay eggs and this new butterfly is fresh out of the chrysalis......

Awesome to watch them emerge and dry their wings......

 

[Flying Turtle]

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Really nice pics, jusval. I like watching the swallowtail larvae getting fat on our parsley.

Geoff