I had an interesting experience the other day...

During the afternoon lull when there are only one or two hummingbirds at a time, I moved very slowly, perhaps one inch per second, towards a solitary hummingbird at the purple feeder. He saw me coming, but decided I was not a threat because I was so slow. He actually let me reach up and stroke his tail feathers several times before he decided to leave, and he did not appear to be in panic mode when he flew away.

I wish I had pictures of that.

tanstaafl.