Ruby-throated Hummingbirds- # 2

Hee.

LOL Resin!!

I do not know about the rest of the country but here in louisiana we have the hummers all year. I have two males and at least three females who winter here and in the spring it gets really crazy.There is a plantation just south of me a ways that hosts a hummingbird festival in early june i believe.

I think I have had the same hummer for over a month now. And resin...he is not wearing a badge. so is he staying?

hee hee Frank. Have the females showed up yet? Maybe that's the key.

No hummers yet but just got hit with what looked like a June bug. This is not right.

Maybe it's a scout!

LOL… scout june bug.

I transplanted something yesterday and saw a june bug in the dirt. I thought the same thing. Just not right!

my neighbor said he saw a female a week and a half ago.

I noticed June bugs the other night...they usually don't show up here untill after June (the past few years).

I had two hummers this morning, thought one of them was a Female as it didn't have the dark (red) on the throat area. Of course this is the first year of really paying them any mind so who knows?!!

Here is the little male I took a few days ago.

Oh My Rose. It's like you are right on top of him! Such detail!

Last one for awhile...housework and company will probably keep me away from the computer...! Boo Hoo!!

Thanks Mrs. Ed...Wish I knew what I did right!! LOL! After company leaves I hope to devote more time to really learning this photograpy and camera!!

Excellent pics Rose!

Thanks Pelle...I just realized I forgot to resize the pics!

I was finally able to get some pics of the female!

It is very windy today and she was having a hard time staying on the feeder!

still trying!

Thats so great Rose! Maybe you'll have them nesting around there somewhere!

Wonderful pics!

whoa!

Thanks Pelle...it would be so cool if they did nest here!

She finally got take a sip!

Well I can't see how they wouldn't with all of them there now and the feeders and the pond… and… and…

I've always wanted to set up one of those bird misters for them. I've read that hummers are hoots to watch in the mist.

They do like to bath on wet leaves too so you can aim it towards a bush.

Another thing is putting out rotten fruit to attract insects for them;
obviously away from the house. :-)

oh, and I bet you get butterflies with that fruit too.

ohh, neat! I'm going to set some old fruit out then. So many little things to learn....

Great pictures, Rose. Hmmm, misters. My luck I'd scare away the hummers...which haven't seen fit to visit me yet this year. Rose, could you buy a mister and send us pictures, please? We are all so spoiled, and the better for it. :-)

If the June bugs are out in April, guess the fireflies can't be far behind. Mosquitos are certainly here, had to use bug spray Wed night.

Deer are playing in the valley right now. Life is good.

DING! DING!DING!!!

7:55 pm. Dark and COLD. And I just had a hummer on my back feeder.

WEEEEEEEE

Very good!!!

ALL RIGHT MRS. ED!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope he's okay tonight. It's so cold now!!

CONGRATULATIONS MRS ED!!! Let the fun begin!! Be sure and have your camera ready in the morning...the cold seems to make them very hungry and spend lots more time at the feeders. When mine first arrived it was cold and they seemed to spend more time just resting...great time to have the camera in hand.

Yes...I plan on ordering a mister...I really need one and by golly I deserve it and by gosh I will have one!!

Coo...I am sure the Hummers will be your way very soon...they are on their way! Tonight is cold (well, not really but it is 40, cold for the birdies now) and yes the creepy crawlies are all over the place. If I forget to spray I have to pic the ticks off...I dread the chiggers though, you have to dig those out!!

Yah, Mrs Ed!!!

Hummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe two. Mark thought it was chased off by another. I was so busy turning on the camera I missed that part.

Congratulations Coo!

Thanks Pelle. :~D

just got some pictures… don't know how good they are. Stay tuned!

I got my first one today too!!

weeee, a great day for hummers, not so much for this photographer (focus issues). Still, confirmation! Looks like a female to me. Can that be right? My first of the year is a female?

Yep, a female.

Resin

YAY Coo!

Thye are really are their way if you have a female Mrs. ED!!