I just had a moment with a hummingbird. I was standing on my front porch on the phone, and I saw some small insect-like thing out of the corner of my eye sort of floating in midair close to my head, watching me. I'm about to swat it out of the way because I think it's a bug, but decide to look at it first because it's a little large for anything I know. Just as I turn to it and recognize it as a hummingbird no more than 2.5/3 inches tall, it moves directly in front of my face about a foot away from me, cocks its head at me as if to say "you're not a flower," and zooms away.
When I googled what type of hummingbird it may be, I discovered that it was a male ruby-throated hummingbird. Absolutely beautiful. I wish I had a photo illustrating the perfection of the moment, but there was no way. Make a point this summer to go outside and check out the nature. You never know what you may find.
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