Female Costa's Hummingbird
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
Female Costa's Hummingbird
Artist
Shoal Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a female Costa's hummingbird in flight. This species is very small, a mature adult growing to only 3–3.5 inches in length, a wingspan of 4.3 inches and an average weight of 3.05 grams for males and 3.22 grams for females. The male Costa's has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail. Its most distinguishing feature is its vibrant purple cap and throat with the throat feathers flaring out and back behind its head.
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January 2nd, 2017
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Taina Sohlman
Beautiful composition and depth of field, the placement and pose of the hummingbird just great! L/F
Gary F Richards
Spectacular capture, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Southern California Artist Collective Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"