Anyway, Autumn and I were hiking last weekend and saw a little knot of people staring at something in a bush. As we got closer, we discovered that it was an Anna’s hummingbird, maybe five feet away from the closest person, just sitting there. I didn’t get quite that close, but with a 20x zoom lens (camera’s still working if I bang on it just right) who needs to?
(Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to go to McKinley DogFest, which was yesterday, because my brother was in town and I had to clean the apartment. As it was, I spent seven hours on it, and it’s still not done… although at this point the mess is confined to bedrooms, at least. Sorry, McKinley! Maybe next year.)
![Dude, watch this. Watch this. What color am I? Closeup Of Male Anna's Hummingbird Perched On A Bush, Profile View, The Head Looks Black](https://dogsofsf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4037-600x515.jpg)
The feathers are so amazing. He turns his head three degrees to the left, and they’re totally different.
I’m LOLing today Adam!
I know, they LOOK pretty, but behind that facade are one of the biggest brain-to-body-mass ratios of any warm-blooded animal… and some serious aggression issues!