Royalty

I put a new feeder up this morning and set the old one on the patio table. Before I had a chance to bring it into the house, I saw Zippy come over and sip from it. So I decided to keep both of them on the table while I sat having my coffee.

I put my kit lens on my camera and cozied up really close to the nearly empty feeder and just sat still and waited. He returned every five minutes or so for a quick sip. He always seemed to catch me by surprise, though, because he lived up to his name.

He zipped in and zipped out. That little bugger is fast.

In this one you get a pretty good look at his true head, gorget (neck), and flare feather colors.