Hummingbird Birthday Card

This Anna's Hummingbird spent a lot of time this summer flitting around my backyard, sampling the nectar in my feeder and from my roses. It especially enjoyed zooming in and out of my photo range, and specialised in being out of focus! However, patience paid off, and here it is, poised against a blurred light green background and drinking from my bright read feeder with its white plastic blossoms. He's got most of his face in the feeder, and seems to peek out at us from his little dark eye, with its white eyebrow in the dark brownish-red mask of his head and throat. The dark wings, somewhat blurred, are straight out from the back, looking like one wing, and his small, grey-green body has a darker green back and spots of neon green along the sides. His little feet are curled under him, as if ready to perch. At the top of the image are the words, "It's your birthday!" and inside, "Think of this age as half full. Here's wishing you many happy refills." Go, little guy! Photo copyright Gail Storrs, 2014.