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It's that time of year again, and our visitors have returned for their autumn vacation. This year Manuel Jesus Ramone Ortega our seasonal boarder, a Mexican Free-tail brought his buddy Pedro with him to hang-out in the patio. At about 8PM, approx 30 Mexican Long Nose guys come to party in the patio every night, they completely empty three 250 ml. hummingbird feeders in about an hour and a half. It looks like the Reno Air Races circling counter-clock-wise through the patio. Unlike birds, they are in constant motion, so while there are between 20 and 30 in the back yard, I can only get about 4 - 5 in the picture at a time due to field of view and range of the flash. Standing in the middle of the swarm of these curious little guys as thy zip past to buzz me with their sonar and check me out is pretty cool. Last year, I tried to set-up the video camera on a tripod, but, it was too dark to capture anything, but, it was very neat to see the more advent