I’ve been a bit obsessed with hummers this year. I’ve always found them fascinating and shared some thoughts on living like a hummer with you all earlier. This week I spied what I thought was an olive-green-colored mama hummer darting around the yard. Grabbing my zoom lens, I planted myself by the feeder in hopes of catching her in a still moment. Still because if they are not still, they tend to look like this when you take their picture…
And this just doesn’t work for me.
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Peripheral Perceptions 
Among the many rules for naming the daughter was that she not be named for a color: Olive Green, Kelly Green…
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That was a very wise move.
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Olive green? I live in Italy right? If I can’t come up with a green olive then I don’t know!!! (because we don’t get a lot of hummers – love the photo!!) :))
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Great photo of that olive green hummer! Catching them at rest can be a real trick.
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Thanks Carol. I can’t begin to tell you how many pics I have of them this year!
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There is something absolutely extraordinary about hummingbirds. When I see one (rare), I’m fascinated, and always feel privileged to catch a glimpse.
Love the photos!
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Great capture! They are super fast. I love the light reflecting off her back!
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I’m obsessed with those babies myself. Just got back from AZ where my aunt’s feeders get tons of hummers. Need to upload the pics I got. Can’t wait to show you. My editing arm is dead from all the work I did on her wedding photos so I’m taking some time before hitting those. I’d never seen them just sit before. Was stunned to learn they actually rest quite frequently because it’s exhausting to fly so fast.
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Can’t wait to see what you *caught*! Hope to see some wedding pics too.
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Lovely hummingbirds! You needed a pic of my new Keen sandals for this post…ok the website claims the color is mimosa by they look olive to me!
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Oh, I love hummingbirds! Great find for olive green, thanks for linking up!
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great capture!
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