2010 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Vol.4

Not so good especially for the males....no great shots of that rub throat!

Great photos ,Iam jealous,need to make time to sit in that chair..I ve been seeing and hearing all the juvies around our woods moms and dads and babies ,making soo much noise. its hard to beleive kinda funny too.i love the calling of baby to mom or visa versa.

While changing out my nectar feeder, even though I haven't seen my hummers for a few days-- I was so thrilled to find out. They're here, they're here still!!! Whoa! Also I discovered my first blooms of crocosmia (sp?). And the male hummer was hovering/loving the croc. Unfortnuately, no camera at hand...:((

We had stormy weather last evening and I think it blew all the Hummers back. They were swarming again last night but it was too dark to get any shots.

Here is a female on the Monardo...it is my first year growing it and the Hummers love it.

Lily, your Crocosmia looks great...mine hasn't even come up yet.

My Crocosmia took a long time to sprout but is finally up now about 6-8 inches. My first time growing it. My Pineapple sage is getting way bigger than I though it would! In the ground is working much better than growing it in pots for me.

Good ones nanny!!

Rose and Nan, your pictures are fantastic! Our growing season is longer here down South. Our down side is that it's hot, too hot down here during the growing season.

This guy cracked me up!

He's so cute, Rose. I've never imagined; how such little tiny being is packed with so much joy beauty. ^_^

Oh wow...that is good!!

This one gave me a chuckle first thing this morning...perched on a lily bud!

It was really still to dark on this side of the house but it did get a bit of his red.

Great job Rose and Nanny!

Lovely pictures Rose and Nanny. It makes me miss home! I won't see my little sweeties until Sunday after five days gone. They had lots of bee balm, penstemon and such so I hope they haven't left me for another! Went to Missouri last week and I noticed there were fewer birds than I recalled last year and I didn't get any good pictures. :(

Absolutely great job that you have done, Nan, Rose and everyone. I saw one briefly today. Just to reassure me that they're still around. I can dream on catching a photo opportunity of these lovelies.

Wonderful pictures Rose and Nanny!!

Those are darling shots Nanny...I love it when they find their own perch!!

Lily...I am seeing them in the fields now since there is Clover and other wild flowers in bloom. I have noticed that just before dark they really show up in numbers...too dark to get pic though but they put on quite a show!

Ilflowers...sorry you didn't see as many birds this year in Mo. but glad you are on your way home!

Nice shots Nanny and Dellrose!! Nanny the male's will just not perch for me lol, nice capture's!
Dellrose, love the close-up of the male! and the field have you tried to do video? Maybe if you set it up low to the ground with sky in the background you could capture the action over the field. Just a thought it sounds like a cool thing to see.

Well I got a couple of shots but I think I need to change something to get the hummers to face the camera more so I can get that ruby throat. This direction seems to always produce a dark throat.

this one turned out nice but dark throat again.

Lovely shots Burd!

Nice shots Burd!

I don't have a video camera so can't get movies. Maybe when I win the lottery I can get a new 7D....yeah right!!

Great photos Burd!

Thanks for the info Burd!

Not a great shot but the Hummers get into a feeding frenzy just as the sun is going down.

Thanks Rose for showing all or most of your hummers. I'm sure there must be more. I'm worried sick about the 20 plus hummers that didn't arrive this year at my house. I just hope they continued their journey past me because of the bad weather.

It sure looks like your little ones get along well together.

Sweet one Rose!

Wow look at all of them...not sure if I would want that many...but the interaction between them would be kind of nice to see since I only get the random visitor. :)

rose ,do you have all those all summer ? I have seen that many before not far from me just a mile or so.I ve often wondered if all those hummers stayed around all summer in those numbers ? I do have 5 maybe 6 Iam hoping 3 &3.I was so mezmerized when I saw all those hummers got to watch them up close.amazing..

Indeed! Amazing a number! Nice shot Rose.

Would someone like to start a new thread??

Thanks for your comments...I really enjoy the Hummers! This is my third year of feeding and have been fortunate to have several visitors throughout the spring and summer. They seem to show up in great numbers in the spring then decrease to just a few for a few weeks and then increase again. They are constant visitors now and I think the juvies are starting to visit. The early morning and just at nightfall are the times that they go crazy and swarm the feeders...it is fun to watch as well as listen to them tanking up!!

I will be starting a new thread and will be back with a link....here is the link http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1110339/ '

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