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Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
September 17, 2025 at 10:54 am
Wow! Great capture!
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September 17, 2025 at 1:30 pm
I have, of course, many out of focus shots. But the two of them stayed out there for quite a long time. Eventually the hummer left for flowers somewhere else and the butterfly sat and drank it’s fill.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Agreed!
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September 17, 2025 at 11:01 am
Wow! That hummingbird looks slightly miffed. What a shot, Dawn!
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Oh yes, even though there was a whole garden of flowers, and more out by the mailbox, the hummer wanted THAT ONE. And he stayed and tried to get that butterfly to move for quite a long time before he huffed off, probably to the fresh sugar water I’d just put out behind the house.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Actually the hummer is a she.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:16 am
That is absolutely FANTASTIC!!!
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 pm
I was pretty excited to get it.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:41 pm
How could you not be? So perfect.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:04 pm
Wow!
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September 17, 2025 at 1:32 pm
I know, right?
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September 17, 2025 at 2:40 pm
Who won?? You’d think the bigger hummer would run off the butterfly, but those butterflies can be pretty persistent when it comes to feasting at a banquet. Great photo, by the way!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:03 pm
The butterfly never moved an inch…the hummer finally buzzed off to find something else to sip on. There are all sorts of flowers, and TWO hummer feeders with sugar water, so I don’t know why she felt that one blossom was so important.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:02 pm
Wow, great photo. I changed the feeder syrup earlier today. I see them the hummingbirds fling around outside. It’s fun to watch them. For Father’s Day this year my daughter and wife got me a hummingbird feeder that has a camera. It’s pretty cool. It alsois helpful in figuring out if hummingbirds are still here. They are and this past weekend I saw them up at the lake. Gonna keep my eye out.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:04 pm
Ooooh the camera thing sounds pretty cool. Maybe next year. Last week I put up a 2nd hummingbird feeder so they’s stop fighting and so maybe they’d get a break from the bees. Seems to be working most of the time.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:14 pm
Wow! You were in the right place at the right time to capture this awesome photo! Thank you for sharing, Dawn!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I had taken the dog out and the hummer was already harrassing that monarch. She stayed there long enough for me to take the dog back inside, get the camera, change the settings and get back outside. I got about 7 shots before she left, this was really the only one that was in focus.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:33 pm
Oh my goodness. So wonderful!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Thanks, I like it too!
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September 17, 2025 at 8:57 pm
Three beauties – a trifecta! This is a gorgeous photo Dawn!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I was very pleased with it.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:14 pm
I would be too – the colors were fantastic as were the subjects!
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September 18, 2025 at 4:16 am
Excellent! What a wonderful capture!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:06 pm
I was really lucky she stuck around long enough for me to go back in the house and get the camera.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:02 am
This photo belongs in a photography show! It is absolutely beautiful! I hope you’ll frame it! ❤
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September 18, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Our little local library does a photo show every October. Entries get turned in during September. So I made this into an 8×10 and will turn it in tomorrow.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:00 am
Lovely!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Thank you!
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September 20, 2025 at 8:56 am
Awesome! Two of my favorites in one shot!
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September 20, 2025 at 6:01 pm
I was thrilled to find them together. The hummer eventually gave up and went in search of other flowers (there are many).
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