Here are some pictures that I took when we were in Lake Havasu City, Arizona last June. I noticed something unique about this hummingbird the moment I snapped my first shot of it.....take a look at it's beak.....it's crooked! I don't really know anything about hummingbirds, but I don't think this is normal, of course any of you bird watchers out there can correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, this bird was very camera shy, so it took me several attempts over several days,before I was able to get close enough to get some shots of it. I took tons of hummingbird pics while we were there, so be prepared to see more very soon. My only regret is that I didn't really know much about my camera at that time, so I had no idea how to control the shutter speed and freeze the motion while the birds were in flight. I was so bummed because I could have had some spectacular shots.
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It turned it's head to look at me as I was slowly creeping closer. It was such a funny bird to watch.....I can't wait to show you the pics I took of it scratching itself, but I'll save those for another post!
Just look at how crooked that beak is!
