hummingbird

hummingbird
Originally uploaded by fauselr.

The hummingbird's wings flutter at some astronomical number of times per minute, an arbitrary statistic that I'm sure the bird could care less about. It is amazing to view it in flight, and this is one of those rare instances where a photograph can't ever compare to the real thing, but seeing a hummingbird is a rare thing, taking a photograph of one is just a bonus. Taken at the Desert Museum outside Tucson where they have a hummingbird garden and a hummingbird aviary, which I guess does not make this as rare or hard as it would normally be.