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September 21, 2004

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As I took picture after picture of the hummingbirds, of course most of them didn't turn out so well. But I have gotten quite a few good shots of them. Unfortunately I'm still attempting to get a good shot of one right over my head, looking directly at me. They sometimes do the strangest things though. As I'm trying to get their picture they will often buzz all around and suddenly I can hear one of them no more than a foot from the back of my head. But, of course, as I turn around, they zip off. And I can almost hear them laughing and giggling at me. But it is fascinating to see how the interact with people. Watching my aunt refill the feeder is actually quite humorous as the birds appear to be impatient and seem to be stalking her until she gets it back together and hung up.

Still one of my favorite pictures of a wild bird was in the Cascade mountains in Oregon, while hiking. As I was walking I noticed a shadow on the ground and looked up and got this shot of a beautiful Osprey as it was in a dive position, right over me, looking right at me.

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