Here are more pictures taken on our recent trip to Sonora, Mexico. As the post title suggests, the subjects of the photos are relatively close to the lens.
![[So, so tiny hummingbird nest and eggs!]](/mvp/wp-content/hummingbirdnest.jpg "So, so tiny hummingbird nest and eggs!")
These hummer eggs were so tiny!
![[Honey bee hard at work]](/mvp/wp-content/honeybee.jpg "Honey bee hard at work")
Early “bird” hard at work.
![[Pretty flower; neat water droplets]](/mvp/wp-content/flower1.jpg "Pretty flower; neat water droplets")
I like the water droplets.
![[Saguaro and 'buds']](/mvp/wp-content/saguaro.jpg "Saguaro and 'buds'")
What are saguaro “buds” called?
![[Hanging rock in little cave at one of the beaches at San Carlos]](/mvp/wp-content/hangingrock.jpg "Hanging rock in little cave at one of the beaches at San Carlos")
It’s not as big as it looks.
![[Paquito, Margaret Miller's parakeet]](/mvp/wp-content/parakeet.jpg "Paquito, Margaret Miller's parakeet")
Just like Paquito isn’t as big as he looks.
![[Margy's outdoor thermometer saying it's hot]](/mvp/wp-content/thermometer.jpg "Margy's outdoor thermometer saying it's hot")
Margaret Miller’s back porch:
in the shade at 3:43 in the afternoon on April 26, 2008
(a few tenths of a degree short of the day’s high)