Ruby-throated Hummingbird, June 14, 2017

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Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 4, 2017

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Archilochus colubris, are tiny birds (3 ½ inches, 9 cm). Only the males have the distinctive red throat feathers. Hummingbirds are in almost constant motion, perching only briefly to rest. They have the amazing ability to fly in any direction including backwards!

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 8, 2017

The females are not as colorful, but pretty nonetheless. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird's breeding range is the eastern half of the United States and parts of Canada. They migrate to Mexico and the Central American countries to spend the Winter.

 Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, April 13, 2017

You can attract them to your house by planting red tubular flowers like this Red Buckeye, and by hanging Hummingbird feeders filled with sugar water. (Sorry, they move too fast for me to photograph them feeding).

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