just back from Lassen Volcanic National Park where hatch-year Rufous Hummingbirds migrating south are collecting in the few mountain valleys where flowers still bloom. The meadow this bird was in had at least 100 hummingbirds, each claiming and defending feeding territory that overlaps with its neighbors' claims. http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/ruhu01.html R8/DMR, 280 f/4 APO, 1.4x APO-Extender-R 1/3000 sec @ f/5.6 (effective f/8) Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/