I find the environmental news overwhelming at times. It is balm to my soul to retreat to nature and witness one of its greatest spectacles.
This footage was taken at my cabin in the Kootenay mountains. Early each May we see this kind of competition by the hummingbirds for food. I think it occurs as the birds have just finished a long migration, the weather is still cool with few bugs or flowers, and they are HUNGRY!
Check it out at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwg92ocHCXM

Carol