Allen’s Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird perched on the tip of a small branch in the bright morning sunlight.
Allen’s Hummingbird, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/10; 1/800 sec.

This page is for the Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin). This is one of the 17 or 18 new species (I’m still trying to figure one out) for me when I went on a San Diego Audubon bird walk while I was in the area for a conference. My first photographic evidence occurred on April 23, 2022.

Allen's Hummingbird perched on a small tree branch.
Allen’s Hummingbird, Tecolote Canyon Trail, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-800; f/8; 1/1000 sec.
Allen's Hummingbird perched on the tip of a small tree branch.
Allen’s Hummingbird, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 19, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/320 sec.