Lurking Hummingbirds

[yourlibrarian]

I nabbed a few photos this summer of the hummingbird camping out in our plants to fend off any intruders from our feeder.



I like the way it looks like she's peeking at me from over the feeder rim.



Though this photo is a bit fuzzy, I liked that it captured the open beak and splayed tail.



In this pic you can see that the wings go back so far that it sometimes looks like the hummingbird only has one.

Comments

[shirebound]

These are really special shots.

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying them.

[aurumcalendula]

They're so cute! And these are such cool photos!

[yourlibrarian]

They are cute little buggers, however temperamental.

[scytale]

Those are all such cool pictures. <3

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! It's always exciting to get photos of them as they are so speedy it's not easy.

[vriddy]

How adorable :D

[yourlibrarian]

They are cute!

[cmcmck]

So pretty! There's nothing like them here.

[yourlibrarian]

We only ever see the ruby throated hummingbirds here, and rarely see the males in fact (the females are less bright and do not have the red marking). But there are clearly a number of them about as we've sometimes seen 3 or 4 at a time battling one another for the feeder, and I have seen them in nearby fields as well.

[iddewes]

Aww so cute! Lovely photos 😊

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! They're great to see visiting.

[pauraque]

These are great.

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! Glad you've enjoyed them.

[chestnut_pod]

Well done catching her in flight! I love that photo with her tail fanned out.

[yourlibrarian]

It was an interesting shot because it was when she was facing off against another hummingbird. I'm guessing that, like many animals, they try to make themselves look bigger in a confrontation. And they chitter loudly.

[turlough]

Fantastic photos! And the hummingbirds are so cute!

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks, they are fun to watch!

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

This year, my hummingbirds decided they wanted something ... different. They ignored the red-trumpet hummingbird plants I offered. Instead they obsessed over a bush with flat white flowers and later I saw one down amidst the zinnias and sedum. Go figure.

Re: Yes ...

[yourlibrarian]

Huh! Well good thing you had the diversity they craved.

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I try to offer all my relations a wide variety, and then plant more of the popular things. :D So I'm trying to expand sedum and garlic chives (not native) along with mountain mint and milkweed (native) and I've decided to let the goldenrod stay. The prairie garden is all over skippers in summer, because they like the mix of grasses and wildflowers. Sometimes Gaia throws in new things I didn't buy myself, like the cup plants and the wild grapes.

This spring I saw a hooded warbler using my yard as a rest stop, and a pair of bald eagles decided it made a romantic carpet for their courting flight. I'm so flattered. :D

[adafrog]

Cool!

[yourlibrarian]

\o/

[egret]

These are so pretty!

[yourlibrarian]

I have some more I'll post soon.

[mistressofmuses]

Such cuties!

[yourlibrarian]

They are fun to watch zooming about!