I have managed to photograph about 40 species, and more when including differences between male and females. It is easier when lodges have hummingbird feeders, but some hummingbirds will not come to feeders. Multi-flash techniques are used sometimes to show the beautiful colours.
My favourite lodges in Ecuador are Tandayapa in the West, Guango in the East and Capalinga in the South East. In Costa Rica I like Savegre and Rancho Naturalista.
Hummingbirds have some interesting features. They can fly forward, backward, and even upside down. They can fly at nearly 30 miles an hour and their heartbeat can be 1,200 times a minute.
Hummingbird wings beat about 70 times per second which can make it difficult to get sharp images in flight. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds with very high metabolism and need to eat nearly all day. Some migrate and can travel up to 2,000 miles twice a year.
1. FIERY THROATED .HUMMINGBIRD San Gerardo CR.jpg
2. RUFOUS TAILED HUMMINGBIRD R Naturalista.CR.JPG
3. RUFOUS TAILED. HUMMINGBIRD R Naturalista. C.R. -.JPG
4. MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD Savegre C.R..JPG
5. JACOBIN. WHITE NECKED male Rancho Naturalista. C.R..JPG
6. JACOBIN.. WHITE NECKED male Rancho Naturalista C.R..JPG
7. JACOBIN.. WHITE NECKED female Rancho Naturalista. C.R..JPG
8. MANGO.. GREEN BREASTED male R.Naturalista CR.JPG
9. MANGO... GREEN BREASTED male R.Naturalista CR.JPG
10. MANGO. GREEN BREASTED fem R.Naturalista CR.JPG
11, MOUNTAIN. GEM male GREY TAILED Savegre. C.R..jpg
12. MOUNTAIN GEM. female GREY TAILED Savegre. C.R..jpg
13. FAIRY. PURPLE CROWNED Cope Arte C.R. on nest in rain.JPG
14 PLUMELETEER RED FOOTED Cope Arte, C.R..jpg
15. SABREWING.. VIOLET. male. Toucanet Lodge, C.R..jpg
16, SABREWING. VIOLET male Toucanet Lodge C.R,.jpg
17. VIOLET-EAR GREEN San Gerardo C.R..jpg
18. VIOLET-EAR GREEN.. Savegre. C.R..jpg
19. WOOD NYMPH VIOLET CROWNED R. Naturalista. C.R..JPG
20. BRILLIANT VIOLET FRONTED male Copalinga ECU.jpg
21. BRILLIANT.. GREEN CROWNED Milpe ECU.jpg
22. BRILLIANT... FAWN BREASTED Tandayapa ECU.jpg
23. CORONET VELVET PURPLE Mindo Lomo ECU.jpg
24. CORONET VELVET PURPLE Mindo Lomo ECU.jpg
25. CORONET. BUFF TAILED Tandayapa ECU.jpg
26. CORONET. CHESTNUT BREASTED Copalinga ECU.jpg
27. CORONET. CHESTNUT BREASTED Tapichalaca ECU.jpg
28. CORONET. CHESTNUT BREASTED Guango ECU.jpg
29. EMERALD ANDEAN Tandayapa ECU.jpg
30. RUFOUS TAILED HUMMINGBIRD Tandayapa ECU.jpg
31. SWORD BILLED HUMMINGBIRD Guango. ECU.jpg
32. SWORD BILLED HUMMINGBIRD Guango ECU.jpg
33. SWORD BILLED HUMMINGBIRD Guango ECU.JPG
34. INCA COLLARED Guango ECU.jpg
35. JACOBIN WHITE NECKED Buenaventura ECU.jpg
36. METAL-TAIL TYRIAN Guango ECU.jpg
37. PUFFLEG SAPPHIRE VENTED Tandayapa ECU.jpg
38. RACKET-TAIL BOOTED Tandayapa ECU.jpg
39. RACKET-TAIL BOOTED Tandayapa ECU.jpg
40. SUNANGEL FLAME THROATED Tapichalaca ECU.jpg
41. SUNANGEL AMETHYST THROATED Tapichalaca ECU.jpg
42. SUNANGEL AMETHYST THROATED Tapichalaca ECU.jpg
43. SUNANGEL TOURMALINE Guango ECU.jpg
44. SYLPH VIOLET TAILED male Mindo Lomo. ECU.jpg
45. SYLPH VIOLET TAILED male Mindo Lomo. ECU.jpg
46. THORNTAIL WIRE CRESTED male Copalinga ECU.jpg
47. THORNTAIL GREEN male Milpe ECU.jpg
48. THORNTAIL. GREEN female Milpe ECU.jpg
49. VIOLET-EAR BROWN Tandayapa ECU.jpg
50. VIOLET-EAR SPARKLING S.J.Quito ECU.jpg
51. VIOLET-EAR SPARKLING S.J.Quito ECU.jpg
52. VIOLET-EAR SPARKLING S.J.Quito ECU.jpg
53. WHITETIP PURPLE BIBBED Tandayapa ECU.jpg
54 WOOD -NYMPH. GREEN CROWNED Milpe ECU.jpg
55. WOODSTAR WHITE BELLIED male S.J.Quito ECU.jpg
56. WOODSTAR WHITE BELLIED female S.J.Quito ECU.jpg
57. WOODSTAR PURPLE THROATED male Tandayapa ECU.jpg
58. WOODSTAR PURPLE THROATED fem Tandayapa ECU.jpg
59. COQUETTE TUFTED male TRINIDAD.jpg
60. EMERALD. WHITE CHESTED TRINIDAD.jpg
61. MANGO. BLACK THROATED male TRINIDAD.jpg
62. COPPER RUMPED HUMMINGBIRD TOBAGO.jpg
63. HERMIT RUFOUS BREASTED TOBAGO.jpg
64. HERMIT RUFOUS BREASTED TOBAGO.jpg
65. JACOBIN WHITE NECKED male displaying tail. TOBAGO.jpg
66. RUBY-TOPAZ HUMMINGBIRD TOBAGO.jpg