Abigail Alfano, of Franklinton, La., decided that she wanted to get closer to the 20 to 30 hummingbirds that were swarming around her feeder.

She succeeded. And the wonderful photographs of her hand-feeding the birds can be seen at her and husband Sam's Web site. She also describes her patient approach with the birds.

Of course, everybody out there thought the pictures were faked. The Alfanos discuss that on the site, too. And they have copywrited the pictures because somebody else used one of them to win a contest!!!

I'd love to be able to share one of the pictures here, but that's against the rules. You have to visit the site.