"Some Perching Required"

This.
Days of.
This.
Hope it's good, because I can only see every feather right now!

And, yes, it IS supposed to be "upside down". Its title is "Some Perching Required".

Though I had some of my bird and garden reference pics to work from, the idea was from a memory of some years ago when we had a colony of Pale Corydalis flowers that came up from the burn spots of smudge fires we'd set here and there to discourage black flies from biting us while we worked the garden.

A hummingbird was trying really hard to get a sip from the tiny flowers while in mid-flight, but just enough of a breeze kept preventing that, burning calories with no return at all. So, he took matters into his own claws, perched on the tip near the blooms, and tried it upside down.

I don't know if he found it worth the trouble, as he didn't share that secret with me again. But I thought his innovation was clever and due some credit, considering it's such as he who helps pollinate food plants for us, too.

As it turns out, these Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are the only ones who raise their families in North America. What a privilege to see them a whole season!