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The Violet-tailed Sylph is our Golden Bird for this episode filmed at Tandayapa Lodge in Ecuador with Tropical Birding. We feature hummers from various parts of Ecuador including the bizarre Ecuadorian Hillstar from the Upper Andes. We discuss hummingbird strategies and talk the owner of the lodge Iain Campbell. www.facebook.com The Bird is the Word! This Video was Promoted on Fireviews.com: www.fireviews.com

I took probably 1 ½ hours of hummingbird video; sometimes only two feet away from these tiniest of birds. Words can’t describe what it’s like watching these hyper little birds. Music Courtesy of Alex Yiannaras at www.elixirion.com

A male Anna’s Hummingbird puts on a spectacular show in slow motion. The camera setup was placed so that the bird would look in the direction of the sunlight, so that the light angle would cause his irridescent headress to light-up a brilliant red – a difficult angle to get in many cases. Shot with a Canon HF100 using several shutter speeds and framerates for best visualization of the bird’s movement and irridescent colors. The odd bending and alternating wing movements are just an illusion caused by the camera’s high speed shutter… something to do with the CMOS sensor scan rate in conjunction with the shutter movement itself. This strange effect only seems to appear when the shutter speed is cranked way up to 1/1000thsec and 1/2000sec. In reality, the wings really do move in parallel, and are fairly stiff so no detectable bending occurs. Better high speed footage can be seen in the later sequels to this show: Slow Motion Hummingbirds 5 (last half), 6, 7 and 8 (links below) 5: www.youtube.com 6: www.youtube.com 7: www.youtube.com 8: www.youtube.com Enjoy theshow! :-) Note: This is copyrighted material, however, you may download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos. The full free usage policy, partner ads and copyright notice/claim info can be found here: jcmdi.com and jcmdi.com (please read both sections before using JCMDI material – thanks!)
Video Rating: 4 / 5

An interesting collection of hummingbirds just doing their thing around Santa Clarita, California in November/December 2009. The music is “Ortni” from the “Star Spin” EP by Technician. Images shot with a Casio EX-F1 high-speed slow motion camera, and upscaled to 720p HD.

a Ruby-throated hummingbird that I taught to feed out of my hand using the How To Hand-Feed Hummingbirds video from the www.howtoenjoyhummingbirds.com web site.
Video Rating: 5 / 5