Jim, you need to find one that has determined that the area you're shooting in is "his" territory. They will always come back to the same spot and sit, taking flight to defend the area whenever another hummer comes close and then back to its resting spot. I've gotten very close with this approach, but it also helps to have a nice zoom lens. I use a 70-300mm zoom. Took many, many photos like this in my backyard where a family of Allen's hummingbirds (like the one above) made their home this summer. Jodi-

At a fish hatchery in the Portland area -- A white sturgeon and a "panorama" stitched together from multiple images of Herman the Sturgeon who is approximately 10’ long, 425 pounds and over 60 years old.

Casey, I think that is no crow!! That is a magnificent RAVEN!! crows mostly have yellow straight bills ravens have black bills and a curve downward, some crows do have black bills however. Then there are black grackles I think they are which are neither crows or ravens but make a lot of noise lol. Beautiful picture, what ever it may be,may need to snatch that if you don't mind. But their voices and calls are very different. the sounds of Raven and Crow Fall is most definitely late according to that glorious tree! wow what a gorgeous show off it is! edit I think I am wrong! I thought most crows have yellow beaks but looking it up just now they don't. So I was wrong that is likely a crow darn it i wanted it to be a raven lol.

This little frog was green inside my little greenhouse, then changed to match the concrete when he came out to sit in the sun.