The hummingbird fest

Birds two posts in a row! Whodathunkit? You guys are going to be thinking I've gone over to the bird side, but not so. I've always said that I'm not particularly a wild life photographer, if the critter poses nice, I'll oblige.

This morning Celina was out on her harness, doing her vole patrol. She is a good kitty, contributing to the household economy. 4 voles so far! At the least that is fewer plant roots getting chewed by voles. Our neighbour 2 doors down has caught several voles in mouse traps, so we suspect there is a  vole colony in the yard between us. Maybe we should ask if we can let Celina roam in there.

I digress. While checking on her to make sure she wasn't tangled up on something, I noticed a hummingbird checking out the delphiniums. I'd heard one last night, but didn't see it. I watched this one then ran for the camera, since it seemed to be sticking around. 

So today you get several hummingbird photos. These are cropped way in on a 200mm lens, and the shutter speed is slightly too slow. Enjoy the uniqueness, at least. This is the first time in 3875 posts you've seen hummingbird photos.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (BC)

And a serendipity from 2019. This isn't a freelance artist, those rocks are glued or pinned in place.

Peony

Flower

Yukon

Film (new)

Medium format Acros II.

Film (old)

I actually remember taking this photo. It's probably one of the first ones where I saw composition and walked a bit to get in the right place, getting the roof aligned to the mountain. This is probably late 80's.