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Ruby-throated Humming bird.

20210830 - Jim Frid - 644-Edit

Ruby-throated Humming bird.

20210830 - Jim Frid - 644-Edit
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NIKON D500

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1400 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 500/1

location

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Darnestown, Maryland, US

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upload_date

Oct, 2021

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Thank you, Maya, I have been watching and photographing a couple of Ruby-throated for the last month. They are pretty shy. They would occasionally chase each other aggressively. I could never keep up and capture them interacting. Maybe next year.

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