ABC Wednesday and Wild Bird Wednesday
H is for Hummingbirds
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| Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 13, 2011 |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds, Archilochus colubris, are the most commonly seen Hummingbirds in the eastern half of the United States. These tiny birds (3 1/2 inches or 9cm) can fly backward as well as forward and average 50 wing beats per second. They catch tiny insects and sip nectar from flowers. Many people hang feeders filled with sugar water to attract them. (Unfortunately, sugar water also attracts wasps and ants).
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| Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 6, 2015 |
The males have red feathers on their throats, and are very aggressive in chasing other males away from the feeders.
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| Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 28, 2015 |
The females and juvenile males have white throats. It is not necessary for feeders to have perches as they can drink from the feeders while hovering.
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| A Christmas gift from a friend |
They arrive at our house in April and stay through September. While they are away at their Winter homes in Mexico, I must be content with admiring them in works of art.
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I like how you captured the wings flapping.
ReplyDeleteohhh how wonderful they are..... i must admit, i've never seen one jet in real life... you are so lucky!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice ABC-Wednes-day / – week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
Hello, wow that is a lot of hummers at the feeder. I only see 3 or 4 at time in the summer. The hummer art piece is lovely. Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteI am waiting on the birds to arrive from their southern winter hangout. First the osprey then the hummers. And, I wait and I wait and I wait.
ReplyDeleteThat's aming! I've never seen so many Hummingbirds! We consider ourselves lucky every time we see a single one.
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for the hummers, but haven't seen one as yet!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful. It must be just lovely to have them around your garden all summer long.
ReplyDeletemy favorite birds and we don´t have them :( Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite bird, but I do not get that many. Wish I did!!!
ReplyDeleteAnn
Lea, the artwork is gorgeous but obviously no substitution for having these delightful hummers as house guests for so many months.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful artwork here. Love hummingbirds. They are quite the charm!
ReplyDeleteThey have evolved to perfectly work with the plants they feed on. I've love to see a Humming Bird one day.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like madness at your feeders...if not for our cats, I would have a humming bird feeder. I LOVED seeing these.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! I don't get multiples feeding at the same time (just chasing each other! :-) ) But I do have ours overwinter, which is such a treat. Gorgeous sequined one too!
ReplyDeleteThats about the same number of hummers in one picture as I have seen in my whole life! My jealous!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Wow! That's a lot of hummers. They won't show up here for quite a while yet.
ReplyDeleteI do envy you these beautiful creatures. We don't have hummingbirds in Australia but I have admired them more than once when visiting the US.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen so many hummingbirds at once. Despite the warm temps this week, it will be a while before they make a return here. Love your Christmas present!
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