Hummers of Summer - Parting Shots

The season for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds here is finally over and I thought some might be interested in a brief review. For those not interested, yes, there are pictures!

I made sure to put out feeders and flowers as early as possible this year (March 31) to attract in-coming birds. The first bird observed at my feeding station was the adult male shown below who arrived on April 13.

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Very nice, Steve, and yes the juvie males definitely are the feistiest as they learn their way around. I see you have all the preferred flowers planted for them too, so no doubt you get your fair share of these visiting your yard. I have never seen the blue salvia (is that what it is?) around here anywhere, I may have to look into it. 3 and 6 are my faves in this set.

Well done Steve, great write up too.

Thanks for sharing this last bit of Hummingbird information with all of us. I too am looking forward to next springs arrivals. Now those of us in the colder climates can look forward to white backdrops!

a lovely set.

A very nice collection, Steve; too bad they're gone.
Al

Love #2, 3, and 6

Great set Steve.

Here I am, trying to take the hummer cure and you go and do something like this! Oh well, I'll get over it. Did I mention these were all excellent shots? Well done, Steve.

Excellent shots and a great story! 3, 4 and 6 for me. What kind of flowers do you have there?

Wallace River wrote in post #17239662
Very nice, Steve, and yes the juvie males definitely are the feistiest as they learn their way around. I see you have all the preferred flowers planted for them too, so no doubt you get your fair share of these visiting your yard. I have never seen the blue salvia (is that what it is?) around here anywhere, I may have to look into it. 3 and 6 are my faves in this set.

Thanks as always Ian. Your comments are appreciated and enjoyed. The "blue" Salvia actually has the common name Black & Blue Salvia and I'm not sure if it'd survive as a perennial in your neck of the woods or not.

Red Dexs wrote in post #17239705
Well done Steve, great write up too.

Very nice of you to comment Red and I'm glad the text wasn't too boring.

SJC from VT wrote in post #17239718
Thanks for sharing this last bit of Hummingbird information with all of us. I too am looking forward to next springs arrivals. Now those of us in the colder climates can look forward to white backdrops!

Haha Sandy, too bad you can't photograph hummers on a white background. Thanks for your friendly comment and we'll both look forward to their return.

TedEllis wrote in post #17239733
a lovely set.

Nice to hear from you Ted; it's always appreciated.

CDMOOSE wrote in post #17239928
A very nice collection, Steve; too bad they're gone.
Al

Very kind of you Al. It's good to know they'll be back as I've had them around all 15 years I've lived here.

JM Photos wrote in post #17239966
Love #2, 3, and 6

Thank you Jordyn, I'm glad you enjoyed them!

2n10 wrote in post #17240414
Great set Steve.

Thanks as always John!

ardeekay wrote in post #17242352
Here I am, trying to take the hummer cure and you go and do something like this! Oh well, I'll get over it. Did I mention these were all excellent shots? Well done, Steve.

I'm sorry Rog....I didn't mean to make your lack-o-hummeritis get worse! Oh OK, I did, but in a good way. Thanks for your generous comments too.

challer wrote in post #17242385
Excellent shots and a great story! 3, 4 and 6 for me. What kind of flowers do you have there?

Thank you Clay for such a nice comment....glad you liked them.
The red flowering plant is commonly called Bee Balm and the blue flowering plant is called Black and Blue Salvia. Give `em a try.

Wow what a fantastic series! It is hard to pick a favorite as I love them all! You are so lucky to have them for six months. I have them from mid May to about the 3rd week in September at the longest. I am always sad when they leave but at least we have the beautiful pictures to remember them until next year.

Awesome shots. I had many of them this summer at my feeders, never did capture any great shots of them. My summer time is very busy and kept putting things off until tomorrow until it was too late. It is sad to see the feeder still half full and no birds, here one day and gone the next. Photos like these will help us make it through another cold winter looking forward to their arrival next year.

butterfly2937 wrote in post #17242791
Wow what a fantastic series! It is hard to pick a favorite as I love them all! You are so lucky to have them for six months. I have them from mid May to about the 3rd week in September at the longest. I am always sad when they leave but at least we have the beautiful pictures to remember them until next year.

Love your generous comments/compliments Carol! It's interesting that they arrive and leave your area at almost a month difference from my area on both ends of the migration. We'll anxiously await their return next year.....while perusing pictures from this year

Grizz1 wrote in post #17243057
Awesome shots. I had many of them this summer at my feeders, never did capture any great shots of them. My summer time is very busy and kept putting things off until tomorrow until it was too late. It is sad to see the feeder still half full and no birds, here one day and gone the next. Photos like these will help us make it through another cold winter looking forward to their arrival next year.

Thank you Steve....ever so kind you are! I know the feeling of here today gone tomorrow and that's why I made special efforts this year to photograph these little aerial acrobats. Now I can't wait `till next year!

Great series of images.