A few from my garden

[Solly Mack]

[2naSalit]

1. SOOOooo Cool!

Very nice!

[Solly Mack]

3. Thanks, 2naSalit!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Great vivid photos with a lot of clarity!

[Solly Mack]

4. Thank you, CaliforniaPeggy

It's all rainy and messy today but the garden still needs a little love.

[Sophia4]

5. Thanks. What a joy.

[Solly Mack]

6. Thank you, Sophia4

The hummers are all fighting. It's fascinating to watch.

[LakeArenal]

7. Those pics are fab!

Love love love.

[Solly Mack]

8. Thank you!

I'm fond of hummers.

[Phoenix61]

9. Beautiful!

I love hummers but they don't play nice with each other.

[Solly Mack]

10. Mine have been fighting all day. 10 feeders for them and they still get grumpy.

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It gets so bad some days they bump into my dogs while in a tumble. My husband and I dodge them all the time.

I got some shots one year of a pair flipping over and over on the ground. They were pinning each other.

Beautiful birds - but vicious.

[Phoenix61]

11. Someone told me of they were the size

of seagulls it wouldn't be safe to go outside.

[Solly Mack]

12. That's the truth.

I do like it when one mobs another one. It's kind of neat, all that swooping.

[Callalily]

13. Great photos.

I particularly like your hummingbird photos. I know they are difficult to "capture".

[Solly Mack]

15. One got in my house the other day.

He settled on my kitchen curtain rod. The hummers had been fighting hard that day and I think that one was getting the worst of it.

I think maybe that's what he wanted - to get away from the other hummers. I left him alone and the door opened. He finally left.

When their food is low they will hover around my kitchen window looking in, hoping to get my attention.

Spoiled, vicious little things. I love them!

[Callalily]

19. A little unsettling coming into your home.

I saw this PBS special on hummingbirds. Up until that time I did not know that they can be vicious! They look so unassuming.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/super-hummingbirds-full-episode/14586/

[Solly Mack]

20. Thank you for the video! Watched it with my coffee.

I would like more than one specie to visit and stay. I get two now. But the rufous only stays a week or so.

[mnhtnbb]

14. Great shots!

I miss my hummers. Thanks for posting.

[Solly Mack]

16. You can have some of mine. I don't know what is happening this year but there's a "bumper crop"

of them at my house.

You'd think it would be easier to get a shot with so many but it really just means they fight more, so they move faster, and I end up dodging them more than anything. Hard to get a shot when you're constantly jumping out of the way.

[mnhtnbb]

17. I don't have any hummers on my 17th floor apartment balcony

I remember the fights at the feeders. Dive bombing. Reminded me of Star Wars fighters.

[Solly Mack]

18. True. You are rather high up.

They've landed on my husband before.

I got so jealous!

[Mira]

21. Unbelievable.

Those Kolibris are just blowing my mind. Esp. the third photo. WOW to the max.
I'm so glad to see you posting. I've missed seeing things through your eyes.

[Solly Mack]

22. I'm trying to get back into the swing of it.

I have photos for you I need to go through and more to take.

Between the garden (veggies and flowers) my DIY projects have slowed down. The rain hasn't helped any. I work outside and need sunshine...or at least no rain.