A female Anna’s Hummingbird heads toward a feeder. I took this a couple of weeks ago in my friend Truman’s backyard as I practiced with my hummingbird rig in preparation for my trip to Ecuador. I’m in Ecuador now at the Sachamatia Lodge. After arriving here late yesterday afternoon, we sat in the area dedicated to hummingbirds and watched as they zoomed to and from feeders and fed at some of the flowering plants surrounding the patio. We didn’t have our cameras with us. We were just absorbing the ambiance and getting a feel for the area and the variety of hummers here. I think we’ve already seen about a dozen species I’ve never seen before. I can’t to start.