A friend once told me she knew when I was home because I always posted a photograph of a hummingbird when I was home. That really doesn’t hold true anymore since I now post photographs of hummingbirds from my travels away from home. But I am thrilled to post this Anna’s Hummingbird, who was resting on his observation post near a feeder in my backyard, both nodding off and watching me at the same time. It’s my first photograph of an Anna’s (or any Hummingbird) in my new (coming up on a year!) backyard, taken yesterday morning. I had just refilled the feeders. With our record-breaking heat wave, I’m glad that two of the feeders (including the one watched over by this Anna’s) are in full shade all day. The background is one section of my brand new redwood fence, scheduled to be painted next week in an HOA-required Sherwin Williams paint color called Sanderling.