Friday, July 27, 2007
I caught the hummingbird! Hurrah!
She's been quite happy to stay in the garden as long as we don't have a camera. I've even sat in a chair not three feet from her. But whenever I have a working camera in my hand, she flies off. So today, I sat at the picnic table. The camera was on the table as well. And, I could push the "on" button without moving significantly. So I could get just about set for the picture, and have the zoom ready, and then quick! zip! and take a picture. Here you go! One hummingbird at the bee balm in the back yard.
I say "she" because this type of hummingbird - at least we think it's a Calliope - has a less vibrant female, and smaller, than the male. It's one of the smallest on the continent. They don't have the red on the neck of most of the other western ones. Still, they're pretty cool.
