The squirrel.

I wish the squirrel had stayed where he was because the light was perfect there. But he moved up the tree, so unfortunately, I was shooting into the sun.

But the action was happening and I didn’t want to miss anything!

If you’ve never heard a hummingbird … when they fly close, they sound like the most gigantic bee that ever was. The sound from their wing action is incredibly loud for such a little creature. And it nearly always makes me cover my head in a “what size bee is that and please don’t sting me” kind of thing.

I was working and the slider was open behind me when I heard the hummer.

Then I heard the squirrel.

Back and forth, back and forth.

I got up to see the hummingbird flying at the squirrel.

I stood paralyzed for some moments not wanting to miss what was going on but wanting to try to take some photos.

Finally I moved and got the camera…

I have never been able to get a photo of a hummingbird in flight. They zip around so fast. They stop in a momentary hover and by the time I focus they have zipped away. But this bird was flying back and forth near the squirrel so I hoped that focusing on the squirrel and clicking away, I might get a shot of the hummer.

Some of these shots remind me of “Top Gun”…

Headed straight up at top speed!

Zeroing in on the squirrel…

The money shot!!

No conclusion, really.

The hummingbird went off – in search of food I would guess. Still, incredibly interesting.