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Birds fight over territory, and it's natural. But this beaten and tattered female struck me as sad. Hummingbirds mating relationships last only a few minutes, and then they are strictly competitors. Mutual agression and violence is natural for hummingbirds, but people should be more caring than that. Family violence is wrong.

I'm a photographer, though sometimes I experiment in other media. My mother was an artist, and on school holidays, when she had classes at the art museum, I got to spend entire days roaming the galleries of the Cincinnati Art Museum. My twin sister is an artist, and my father took up photography about the time I did, when I was in college. I'm also a former machine tool programmer, database analyst, and mathematics and physics teacher, and those things undoubtedly have impact on my perceptions as well, as do my Christian perspective and philosophy. My favorite photographic subjects are hummingbirds, other birds in flight, and scenic beauty as seen in wilderness places, the national parks, and rural locations. As my physical health and...