In the lateness of this afternoon, I watched silently as the usual hummers visited my feeders again. It never ceases to amaze me how adept these slight creatures are. I love to listen to their chirping…a constant chatter that begs to question what they are saying to each other. I decide to capture a moment–again–of these wonderful little birds. After retrieving my camera I stepped into position and waited until they clustered around the feeder once more. They are more or less accustomed to me now, even buzzing right up to my camera lens to check me out. I move slowly so as not to frighten them, but they are confident in their skills to quickly move out of my way and, with attitude, buzz…

I’ve been so busy with work that I haven’t had opportunity to stop and check how my new hummingbird feeder is working for our tiniest of neighbors.  However, today when I got home I noticed there were quite a few hummers in the neighborhood, all vying for a place at the watering hole.  I took minute (actually, a FEW) to capture the moment…it REALLY does take a lot of patience to catch these beautiful creatures on camera! In my experience and observation, hummers don’t feed together very well…they buzz at each other and shoo away those who may be feeding to get their spot.  Who knows why, but this evening there were several hovering near, and none seemed to be in a fighting mood…they shared…

Not to bore anyone, but here are more captures of my little hummers who are now visiting the feeder more frequently. It’s definitely an art in patience to wait on these small creatures to arrive to feed! If I am ever fortunate enough to get a zoom lens, it will certainly be easier!