He Finally Sat Still

The hummingbirds on campus seemed to be more active than usual this afternoon, dive-bombing and plummeting and buzzing. This little thing was intent on driving away the red and green birds, and they were intent on staying, so it was quite a show. Every once in awhile our hair would ripple when a couple of them zoomed by. I was having a terrible battle with my camera, which I hadn't used in awhile, so it was important for someone to just sit there for a minute, and he did. It's either a Rufous or an Allen's; the identifiers are too subtle for me. Sometimes it seems you have to count the feathers to be sure of what you're saying. I'm glad to leave it at that.