Why I like my new camera... (in Off-topic)

a ruby throated hummingbird... tiny little critter up close.

I hope you don't mind, I added you to my contact list. ;)

Wow that is really nice...

I think I have only seen a hummingbird stationary once, nice snag...

Beautiful picture and an extraordinary bird.

Speaking of, does anyone know what animal this is?

no idea Fex...

incidentally, my pic is actually an Anna's Hummingbird...
and I actually saw about 6 buzzing around and landing at various times...

I was thinking a vole, but it looks too long for that.

Fex, I'd bet money that's a gopher or prairie dog, simply because I don't know what else it could be. Any idea on envorinment? Latitude?

what kind of camera did ya get loch?

Dudemus: Click the picture and look on the bottom right to see what camera it is, click "More properties" to find out more aobut it.

Sutekh: Click the picture and then click the "map" link, I added GPS coordinates to almost all my pictures.

I live in the middle of a forest as some people know, and my girlfriend just got a hold of a very very very nice camera.

Where I'm going with this, is I see hummingbirds every single day as we have a hummingbird feeder outside of a window, and I will try to snag some nice pictures now that I have something to take a picture of :D

I'll post here once I get around to it.

Also, nice picture very nicely done, and a beautiful bird at that!

Sutekh is right methinks. It looks like a pocket gopher.

Looks like the Botta's Pocket Gopher from the park animal list.

I'm going with Pocket Gopher.

It's a marmotte

^i think i got you beat on quantity alone! ; )

true dude,

I did not however have a feeder to lure them in however :-)

"did not"... so now you do... if you'd stop filling it with hot damn you might attract something besides drunks!