This is from last summer. I was surprised how close I could get to this hummingbird!

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@GeorgeMari Ha, we had a guest at the cottage, and he looked up at the feeder, at a female feeding, and said "How beautiful." We were on the deck saying "oh, oh" Sure enough, the male, being a dog in the manger, attacked the female at bullet speeds, and they zoomed by the guy, an inch by the head on either side. We were dying, laughing, and saying he almost had two spears in his head. But their reflexes are amazing, and although they constantly scare us when they fight, they've never hit anyone yet. I always put up the deck umbrella, just for them.

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