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Related: About this forumFemale ruby-throated hummingbird. They've been very active the last couple of days

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Female ruby-throated hummingbird. They've been very active the last couple of days (Original Post)
Walleye
Jul 2
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Walleye
(41,457 posts)2. I love to get backlight on their wings
jfz9580m
(15,603 posts)3. Very pretty
I wondered for a minute why its throat wasnt ruby red and then remembered that its male birds who have flamboyant plumage.
Sure enough-thats an image of a male ruby-throated hummingbird from the Audubon.
The little feller looks somewhat indignant.
Walleye
(41,457 posts)4. I've had some males around, but the females are pretty vicious about protecting her nest when there's young 'uns
So they mostly come around and to the windowsill more or less in the evening or early morning. They will be more frequent visitors after the babies have fledged I think usually the male is the first one I see in the spring. It really is dazzling when they stretch out their neck and flash that ruby throat reflection into the sun. Here is a male from last year.