Black-chinned Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering above the white flower of a red hummingbird feeder.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Vista West, Fort Worth, TX, April 6, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-6400; f/7.1; 1/2000 sec.

This page is for the Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri). My first photographic evidence occurred on April 6, 2022 at the Vista Heights subdivision, Fort Worth, TX. I first saw him on April 3, but didn’t have my camera handy. I then spent several hours waiting on him to return. On the 5th, he shot through the backyard at Mach 12 and I couldn’t get a shot. Finally he hovered at the feeder long enough to get some shots. The wings were still a little bit blurry with a shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. I moved it to 1/4000 sec to try to get a full still “in-flight” shot, but I only saw him one more time just briefly before the light prevented a decent high-speed shot.

The following photographs are representative examples of a Black-chinned Hummingbird that I have taken on other dates.

Female Black-chinned Hummingbird coming in for food from the feeder.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Vista Heights, Fort Worth, TX, April 13, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-12800; f/7.1; 1/3200 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird flying to a feeder.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Vista West, Fort Worth, TX, April 14, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 324 mm; ISO-2500; f/6.3; 1/3200 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a feeder getting a meal.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Vista West, Fort Worth, TX, April 17, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Tamron 150-60 mm lens and 2x Teleconverter; 1200 mm; ISO-6400; f/13; 1/4000 sec.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird sitting on her nest.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, April 30, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-12,800; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched high in a tree on a barren branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird taking a few minutes away from the nest scratching her belly.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched high in a tree scratching the tip of its beak on the branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a branch scratching its bill and forehead on the branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird sitting on her nest on a tree branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 15, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-6400; f/10; 1/250 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a tree that has new buds on it.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Acton Nature Center, Acton, TX, June 4, 2022
EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a small tree branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Acton Nature Center, Acton, TX, June 20, 2021
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-8000; f/11; 1/640 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird flying vertical near some plants.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, Texas, June 25, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/10; 1/2000 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird eating a small spider from a web between two tree branches.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, June 25, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-3200; f/10; 1/3200 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a small tree branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, June 25, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a small tree branch holding her wings out slightly looking a bit like an F-14 Tomcat.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 4, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/11; 1/320 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a small limb.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 10, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering at a feeder.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Vista West, Fort Worth, TX, July 23, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-5000; f/10; 1/2000 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched at the top of a small branch.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Cibolo, TX May 11, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a feeder.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Crescent Bend Nature Park, Cibolo, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-8000; f/10; 1/1250 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on a thistle flower.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/10; 1/2500 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on the top of a dead tree.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-100; f/11; 1/800 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.
Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a small end of a vine.
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX May 21, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-5000; f/11; 1/400 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.