Not a true macro but it filled the frame. Some of you are old enough to remember what it is. Many of you aren't.Go-back Machine Crank
And it's that time of the year again. I'd rather shoot these than flowers any day. The yard has turned into a gang turf war between the resident Anna's and three of these Male Rufous Hummingbird Hooligan.
Have a ducky week. I'm sorting shots from last weekend in Central Oregon.

Here In The Northeast August Is The Peak Month For Hummingbirds. They Are Real Busy Now Feeding And Getting Ready For The Fall Migration. In About Four Weeks These Little Beauties Will Be Leaving Us And Headed South For The Winter.
I hope I haven't taken my last pictures of the
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We had so many hummingbirds migrate through here last fall that we had three feeders up, and had to refill them all at least twice, sometimes three times a day! Sometimes we would have 100 birds at a time, no kidding! My husband would stand with his finger on the feeder, and they got where they would land on his finger to drink! They got so used to us, that they would buzz all around my head while I was filling feeders. We would sit on the deck, even with the dogs, and they were just fearless how they were all over us. It was just the most amazing thing I have ever experienced! They came through in September, and were here for about a month. I can't wait to see if they stop back by our watering hole this spring on their way back north! (Yes number 5 is blurry, but I liked it anyway!)
Here we go...
This Tiger Lily coudn't hold back and had to hug
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I was sanding down and repainting my kitchen cupboards. I thought I would be done in a day or two. What was I thinking. Anyway, I got myself into a 

This Post is not about who can give the best...
We had a great time at the
For those of you who don't like hummingbirds, don't click on the pics.....these are nowhere NEAR Mike's (Classy Shots), but, I'm proud of them, anyway.
Well, I had taken another boatload of close ups; went to view them, they were good, tried uploading them into my computer....the disc was bad...AGAIN! I got four pics out of the whole disc. Not a happy camper right now...
I love taking pics in macro; thank you, Wilk, for this theme! Here's some shots I got today....