Birds & Blooms Photo of the Day for October 10, 2011: Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds by Julie Hodder.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds
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WOW – my local hummers won’t share at all! If I have more than one, its one chasing away the other. This gives me hope.
Did anyone with real knowledge of hummingbirds check this out? I have seen Black-chinned act like this but never have seen or heard of Ruby-throats ganging a feeder like this.
Thanks in advance,
Tom Biven
@ Tom Biven, yes Ruby-throats will do this, even more so during migration in August, it is an awesome site to see.
How do you get so MANY at once? I have 3 feeders and have only seen a handful and they don’t share the feeder.
Can you get copies of the bird of the day?
Oct 10 2011 Ruby-
throated hummingbirds by julie Hodder
Darn, so much for making reservations!!
hehee
This is a beautiful picture of humming birds at the humming bird feeder.