as a friend and I were out on the back porch observing the Anna's hummingbirds, I got to experience my first physical encounter with a hummingbird as a blind animal observer. My friend is practicing her photography and I happened to have my recorder on me and caught this moment on audio.

You'll hear the camera snapping pictures while the hummingbirds defend their spots around the feeders. The last minute or so of the audio clip female bird is hanging out on my finger.

I had to do a lot of editing as we were having a conversation while all this was going on so my apologies if you audio experts can tell where the cuts are!