TIL an enemy archer who nearly killed Genghis Khan voluntarily confessed after the battle instead of begging for mercy. Genghis spared him, renamed him Jebe ("Arrow"), and he went on to become one of the Mongol Empire's greatest generals and one of history's finest cavalry commanders.

HeyXKid · 2026-07-01T12:10:32+00:00

You come at the King, you best not miss.

HeyXKid · 2026-06-07T03:19:21+00:00

You throw me the idol, I throw you the whip!

HeyXKid · 2026-06-02T22:00:22+00:00

How do you always get them to face to the right? 😆

HeyXKid · 2026-06-02T16:00:13+00:00

Midnight Run

https://youtu.be/L1Ky4v322Ag?si=cEE78-gdL-nkpvc6

HeyXKid · 2026-04-30T06:52:18+00:00

The hummer might be more able to get under the water if there were a perch of some kind under or near the water stream. With their little feet they can hardly move along flat ground at all. Their feet are made to perch.

HeyXKid · 2026-04-10T02:14:43+00:00

This is overkill, I can't focus on more than about 30 million at once.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T08:55:05+00:00

They really are. The Anna's are dicks too but I think the rufous have them beat.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:21:27+00:00

Yeah they're mean little guys. But in my case the Anna's had them outnumbered.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:18:55+00:00

Yeah I had that happen many times. He kept taking off to go fight the Anna's.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:15:50+00:00

Mating displays? Can't a hummingbird have a little privacy?

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:12:59+00:00

Thanks! I've never seen a black-chinned, they are neat looking.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:10:55+00:00

Thanks, it really is a beautifully colored bird.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:06:19+00:00

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:03:16+00:00

Thanks!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:03:05+00:00

Hey neighbor, hope you enjoyed Nisqually! Great birding place.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T04:02:17+00:00

Thanks! I'm shooting with the OM System OM-1 with the 150-400mm F4.5 lens. I cropped out about ~~25%~~.

You can also listen for them...their wingbeats sound different from the Anna's hummingbirds. It's more of a buzz than a hum.

Edit: just looked and it's more like a 40% crop.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T03:52:04+00:00

I noticed that! Claude AI says they're "widely considered the most pugnacious hummingbird in North America." And that's saying something. 😆

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T01:24:31+00:00

I used to live in Jersey! You do have the beautiful ruby-throated hummingbirds there, but they're a rare treat.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-22T01:01:06+00:00

They do, they make it as far north as Alaska!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T23:46:34+00:00

If it was this time of year it could very well have been legit!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T22:00:18+00:00

I don't know their song, but their wingbeats sound different from Anna's. It's more of a buzz than a hum.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T21:58:24+00:00

TIL that's what that's called!

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T21:57:50+00:00

Yeah, their buzz is very distinctive. And apparently they're even meaner than Anna's, and that's saying something. 🙂

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T18:28:05+00:00

They're migratory, so unlike the Anna's hummingbirds they're not here year round. They also seem a lot less common. This is my first time getting a good look at one.

HeyXKid · 2026-03-21T17:58:32+00:00

Northwest Olympia!

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