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This little guy is, I think, the same one I got a couple pictures of yesterday. He’s jealously guarding the feeder again this morning, but with the better lighting I got a better picture of him. Pretty brilliant red, I think. And pretty big attitude for such a little guy.

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Had to set down the hummingbird camera, and grab the #sunset camera for a quick picture. I love the way the sky lights up here, and our veranda is perfectly positioned for watching sunsets.

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I think this is a female Anna’s Hummingbird. She spent about fifteen minutes feeding at our butterfly bush, and she let me walk up to within about five feet. With the big zoom lens, that means pretty dang big pictures.

The strange thing is, I have never seen this hummingbird at our feeder, but my sweetie says she sees her a lot in the front yard, feeding on the flowers there. I wonder if she doesn’t like the aggressive guys that hang out by the feeder.

Merlin (@MerlinBirdID) says she’s either a broad-tailed or a calliope hummingbird. Guess I’m going to have to keep an eye out and see if I can spot the differences.

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One of the hummingbirds has taken its territoriality to a new level today. We came home from the grocery store to see it claiming the feeder.

Here’s another photo with the exposure turned up so you can see him better. I think it’s a rufous hummingbird. He looks much more red when he flies out into the sunshine.

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Early in the morning, there will often be two or three hummingbirds fighting for access to our feeder. They’re territorial little critters, and aren’t the best at sharing. Guess they should watch more Sesame Street.

Anyway, I’ve been trying to capture more than one of them in a frame at a time for a while now. Neither of these are great exposures, but I at least succeeded in getting multiple birds in-frame.

They make quite a racket when three of them are buzzing around the feeder.

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I think this is a calliope hummingbird, sitting on a yucca stalk near the hummingbird feeder outside our dining room window. We get a lot of black-chinned hummingbirds around here, but this guy is different.

Taken with a LUMIX GX1, with a Panasonic 100-300mm zoom lens, cranked all the way out (600 mm-effective).

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It’s a pretty pre-sunrise morning out there.

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Another hot day here in #NewMexico, with another beautiful sunset to reward me for making it to the end of the day.

Also had steak, sweet potato fries, and fresh green beans for dinner, which was a nice treat.

And with any luck, this will also post to Twitter. Fingers crossed!

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Another evening, another spectacular #sunset by Mother Nature here in #NewMexico

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Made this #recipe the other night, and it was damned tasty. Worth capturing, I thought.

Ingredients

• 2-4 tilapia fillets
• 1 can sweetened condensed coconut milk
• 1 Tbsp Thai red chili paste
• 2 Tbsp lime juice
• 1 Tbsp chopped garlic
• 1 tsp dried ground ginger
• 4 drops orange extract

Kiwi Salsa Ingredients

• 3 golden kiwis
• 2 Tbsp finely chopped yellow onions
• 2 Tbsp Pico Fruta or 4 tsp Tajin seasoning
• ½ tsp lime juice

Directions

• Make the salsa the night before and let it sit overnight in the fridge.
• Marinate fish in other ingredients.
• Broil fish in the marinade for about 13 minutes @ 400 in a shallow pan.
• Turn fish over and broil another 7-9 minutes.
• Optionally put some Spanish rice in taco shells and drizzle with the marinade.
• Assemble tacos. Think “three-ingredient street tacos” and maybe throw in some shredded cabbage or carrots to go with the meat and salsa.

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