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Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) craning her neck and staying still while a plane goes overhead several thousand feet up ...the silhouette still reminding her of a possible predator; (San Francisco, CA)

Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) preening her nest; (San Francisco, CA)

Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeding both of her chicks (still very early-on); (San Francisco, CA)

Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) preparing to feed first-born; (San Francisco, CA)

Close-up of both chicks: Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna); (San Francisco, CA)

Now both chicks (typical clutch is 2 eggs): Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna); (San Francisco, CA). Used the same technique (camera on extension pole) as described earlier.

First-Hatched Chick: Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) - Closer look into the nest from previous shot, but using same technique; (San Francisco, CA)

First-Hatched Chick: Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) -- photographed using the camera mounted via a Bogen SuperClamp onto a telescopic fiberglass window-washing extension pole; radio-controlled remote shutter-trigger.  'Mounted a 50mm cheap auto-focus lens with 2 stacked diopters on the front (and a UV protector that got a bit scratched ...

Nesting Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) - flying back into her nest, with more nesting material in her beak. Note egg visible through the wing-blur; (San Francisco, CA)

Nesting Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) - flying out of her nest (see egg in nest); (San Francisco, CA)