I was searching for birds to photograph in my backyard when I stopped at some wild Rocky Mountain bee plants. I knew hummingbirds loved these flowers. I put my camera onto a burst shooting mode with a fast shutter speed and continuous auto-focus. Then I waited. I had seen this hummingbird at the flowers earlier, and I really wanted to get some nice photos of it. The hummingbird came several times but kept going into the thicker areas where the flowers grew. It was really tough to get a photo with a clean background. After a long time, the hummingbird visited a flower right in front of me that was separate from the rest. I took as many photos as I could before it flew away. I was extremely thankful when I saw that all the photos I had taken of it where perfectly in focus. I am blessed to have 4 different types of hummingbirds that visit my backyard in the summer: Broad-tailed, Black-chinned, Rufous, and Calliope hummingbirds. The male hummingbirds of each species are easy to tell apart by thier brightly colored gorget (the name for a hummingbirds throat patch). However, the female hummingbirds are much more difficult to tell apart, so I am not 100% sure what type of hummingbird this is.
