Esperanza means “hope” in Spanish and that’s one of the many names that this colorful plant goes by. It’s also known as Yellow Bells and Yellow Trumpetflower. Whatever its name, its magnificent display of yellow-orange flowers offers hope that the Anna’s Hummingbirds will find it. It is drought tolerant, thrives in full sun, and in the kind of summer heat we have here. I took this shot of a female Anna’s Hummingbird in my friend Truman’s garden the other morning. I was surprised when I looked at my images later because the hummingbird’s wings are frozen in place, something I usually avoid when I’m taking photographs of hummingbirds in flight because I prefer to see their wings blurred. I was shooting in the bright late morning light and I neglected to change some settings in my camera from earlier in the day when the light was much dimmer. I did like the image despite the frozen wings but I will make sure I pay better attention to camera settings next time.