Bird Watching: What gender is this hummer?, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Sorry this is not a very good photo, but that's as good as I could get. This Ruby-throat hummer won't let me get any closer. This photo was shot through a french door window and through a screened porch using my zoom. So with the current camera I have, it won't get any better than this.

Is this a female? Or a juvenile male? This bird (or one exactly like it) seems to stay year round in my yard now. All the plants died with the unusual freezing temps we got last week and so this hummer is guarding it's
feeder now. Which sure makes it easier to spot it!