Your javelin parade wins the prize!

You are very good to average in your minimum miles for the entire year? Amazing, in fact! With nine months touring coming up, you will be back on track in no time.

I hope you are healing well.

I saw another one today. This one more light brown. I guess I have to rid myself of my life long opinion that hummingbirds never rest!

Thanks for the compliment on the 400 miles - I'm amazed myself! It sure wouldn't have happened as easily in a mountainous area.

Wow, what a lot of miles to cover. Since I couldn’t ride because of my surgery maybe I could borrow some of those miles.

Great photo!

I wish I was there although I can’t bike right now because of my surgery. I get the splints out my noise tomorrow. Yippee! I haven’t been on my bike or hiking since last Monday. That’s the longest I’ve gone without exercise in many years.

Yea, no. Too aggressive for me. I’m a staid matron. No zippy bikes that will dump me!

Of course hummers rest. I see them resting in trees and shrubs all the time. Have even had them rest on my finger!
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Basso!!!!!!

Hey - I remember seeing those!

Oh, and congratulations on your week. 400 miles! It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden that many miles in a week.

Yes. They’ll stay still for quite awhile, really. Once you start spotting them like this you’ll probably see them quite often. It took me along time to realize they’re around, but they’re quite common in Tucson.

Heck. It's times like these I wish I had a good camera. I've actually had an opportunity this trip for quite a few good bird photos.

Do hummingbirds ever rest? These birds are perched in the tree tops, not flittering around.

That’s where I ended up also. If it’s really this small there aren’t any other candidates.

There are 20 some species of hummers down there. They come in all sorts of colors. Costa's is one with blue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa%27s_hummingbird

If it was iridescent blue it was likely a hummer of some kind.