Photographing the Fierce Behavior of a Hummingbird

As crazy as a loon, as dead as a dodo, as wise as an owl, as mad as a wet hen… You’ll find bird-inspired sayings in nearly every language. Yet it’s curious that one of the largest bird families of all — the hummingbirds (Trochilidae) — seems to have been left out. And frankly, I think they deserve one.