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Female Backing Up! This was the actual position caught in reverse flight. I am always amazed at how these birds can maneuver. Annas hummingbird,Broad-tailed hummingbird,Calothorax lucifer,Calypte anna,Hummingbird,Lucifer sheartail,Selasphorus platycercus Click/tap to enlarge

Female Backing Up!

This was the actual position caught in reverse flight. I am always amazed at how these birds can maneuver.

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  1. Wow Stephen, phenomenal timing! Was instinctively looking at the EXIF for the shutter speed, but you don't seem to include it in your images ;) Posted 10 years ago

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The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird, nearly 4 in in length.

Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
Species identified by Stephen Philips
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Uploaded May 17, 2015.