2009 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Vol. 5

I see you!

Whirrrrrrrrr......

Such a pretty girl!

nice ones Nanny!!.. love the I see you one!!

hate that the days are getting shorter already

here are some more

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I was messing around with the manual settings tonight

wanna be!!

kind of cool!

Appears to be a juvie male...

adult male...

too cute

Got only this one shot today of this pretty girl posing pretty!

Nice pics nanny and onewish!

Nice Moth Onewish. Love how the pic turned out.
Nanny she is a pretty girl.
Most of the picture I've taken so far, the hummer has their back to me, or they are far and turn blurry, when I crop.

cute one Nanny.... they are such fast little buggers Burn.. keep trying!!... that's what I do

;)

Onewish, I love the moth picture. I've tried to get pics of those little buggers, very hard to do. Good one. What butterfly bush is that pink one?

Here is one from the other day.

it's pink delight Beclu... from one of the cheapo catalogs

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49901/

great shot Pelle!.. sugar build up??

LOL, not sure. Maybe pollen.

Man, that is nice pelle!!

My hand is not steady lately and I just can't get my settings right. Spotted this one up in the tree yesterday.

Say closeup!!

Pelle Wow, gorgeous.
nanny, love the expression pose on your last one.

At the fushia basket.

ahhhhhhhhhh smells heavenly.

nice ones Nanny & Burn

Here's a couple from me - Female

2nd shot of the Female coming in for a landing

3rd shot of the Male keeping an eye for other Hummers; he's very defensive of the sugar water

Thanks Onewish. I was hoping it was one I didn't have, but I have that one. Does it overwinter there? My aunt is PA wants a butterfly bush, but I wasn't sure it would survive.

I finally saw a female ruby throat this week. Usually I have a lot of females by now. Only have half as many hummers here as last year. They may be going to flowers instead of feeders this year since we've had rain and the flowers are growing so much better than during the drought.

beautiful shots Methodical!!

Beclu yes they over winter just fine.. I have 6 different ones... once it's over 50 degrees towards the end of winter I hack them down to the ground.. trunk stays smaller that way

A funny angle on one of the female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

LOL cute Pelle

This one had a bit of trouble hitting the holes on the feeder at the right angle at first!

oops sorry about the big photo!

I have not gotten a photo yet..but there is an adult male that comes in the evening and perches on the branches I have attached to the pole. He was there all evening last night. We are fairly certain that it is Ed. I took away the hook he used in previous years out front. He kept flying up and peering in the window. I couldn't get a pics as it was low there by the time he showed up. We just watched him and kept say to each other..."it HAS to be ED!!"

ANYWAY, back to my juvie male...

Last one of this little guy....

Female visiting...

She has been perching pretty regular here on the branches too!

Since the traffic has picked up I have added the 3rd feeder futher out in the backyard.

Nice ones nanny!

I'm hoping to see some mature males soon.

They have just started really coming to the feeders this last week here!

Ed????...maybe