Bird Watching: 2009 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Vol. 9, 1 by thebestmissy

thebestmissy wrote:
Still Rubypalooza here:) I had 8 sit down at one feeder. That was a record for me. Many in the trees and on the plants, too.

I was going through some pics and noticed the male on the left has an injury to his wing.

I also had the strangest thing happen tonight. It was almost dark and there were only a couple of straglers that hadn't gone to roost. A male (the one in the pic was from another day, but I guess it could have been him) stayed on the feeder for a long time, then he fell off the perch and luckily landed on the grass. He just sat there for a few minutes, kind of seemed dazed. When my husband opened the door he flew off. I was afraid he was going to die. Let me know if you know what might have caused this, or if you have seen this happen before.

This message was edited Sep 18, 2009 9:38 PM