hummingbird

This will be a short post because I'm in the process of removing the wallpaper in our back bathroom, but about 30 minutes ago I took a short break and checked to see if there was any activity at the bird feeder. Will post more pictures later...some great stuff!

Here's the backstory - I've seen several hummingbirds in the past week so any chance I get to peek out a window I do so hoping to catch a glimpse of the bird that looks like a glorified dragonfly in flight. This is the first year I've had several encounters - it's actually quite thrilling. I even got a call on my way to work yesterday from Jarrod because he just had to tell me he saw one at our nectar feeder while he was brushing his teeth - it was his first glimpse! We are hummingbird crazy now...

Well, in the 5 minutes I spent at the backdoor looking out at the feeder I saw some very cool things. The coolest thing of all is that I FINALLY got a picture of a hummingbird! It's very blurry and it was like finding Waldo in a sea of Waldo wannabes, but I got it. Good thing the camera was already in my hand when it zoomed into a bloom on my Rose of Sharon.

Enjoy the pictures - who knows if I'll ever be able to snap fast enough to catch another!?!

Find the purple bloom and go straight down - it's the blurry green thing
almost in the center of the photo

and here's a close up - again, very blurry