Black-chinned Hummingbird

©Gail Buquoi

Published: July 17, 2006

Gail Buquoi saw this female Black-chinned Hummingbird at her patio in Georgetown, Texas.

The Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) was drawn to the blooms of the potted duranta flowers that Gail Buquoi keeps around her home. She used a Nikon D200 digital SLR, a NIkon 200-400mm lens and a single Nikon SB-800 flash to take this picture.

You can see the bird at this great birdwatching hotspot:

Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Henderson, Nevada
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, Texas
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

View photos of other hummingbirds:
- Anna's Hummingbird female and nestling
- Anna's Hummingbird with a water-soaked bill
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Purple-crowned Woodnymph
- Purple-throated Carib
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds swarming a feeder
- Rufous Hummingbird in flight at Oregon's William L. Finley NWR
- Rufous Hummingbird chicks in the nest
- Rufous Hummingbird hovering near a nectar feeder in British Columbia
- Rufous Hummingbird, close-up portrait of hovering bird
- Rufous Hummingbirds colliding in flight
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Tufted Coquette

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