This is one of my favorites! I took this shot on the TV setting so the wings aren't as blurred.

From scarlet to powdered gold,
to blazing yellow,
to the rare
ashen emerald,
to the orange and black velvet
of your shimmering corselet,
out to the tip
that like
an amber thorn
begins you,
small, superlative being,
you are a miracle,
and you blaze

From “Ode to the Hummingbird”

“Jewelled coryphee With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread.”
Ednah Proctor Clarke (Hayes) Quotes

Source: Humming-Bird

Our resident Hummingbird perched on my wind chimes this morning.

Yesterday afternoon we had four hummers flying around our feeder and I didn't have my camera. Ugh! Why is it you never have your camera handy when a great shot presents itself?

The hummingbirds are getting ready to migrate. This little guy visits our feeder frequently, fattening up for the long journey. Sometimes he chases other hummingbirds away so he can have the feeder all to himself.