Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Female

Posted on January 23, 2013 | 32 Comments

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The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only hummingbird that nests east of the Mississippi River.

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32 Responses to Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Female

jannatwrites | January 23, 2013 at 1:43 AM | Reply

Love the picture! I’ve never seen a hummingbird stay still long enough for a picture (or my reflexes are really that slow…)
- Lynda | January 23, 2013 at 6:30 AM | Reply
  
  I was thinking that very thing!
  - pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:10 PM | Reply
    
    Check out Lilly’s hummers. She has some wonderful pictures of them.
    http://apronhead.wordpress.com/tag/humming-birds/
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:08 PM | Reply
  
  My daughter is the hummingbird whisperer. I faithfully hung and refreshed that feeder for two, three, maybe even four years, with nary a visitor. A friend of my daughter’s gave her a feeder, and I think she had hummers the same day. So, I gave her my feeder, too. This was taken through the window of her back door. I just kept snapping, and ended up with this one.
Eileen | January 23, 2013 at 5:08 AM | Reply

Love the cute hummers, great shot!
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:12 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Eileen. I only see them when I visit my daughter, and I need to practice shooting them. They are quick.
Jayne | January 23, 2013 at 6:41 AM | Reply

I have a hummingbird feeder above my porch swing. I love to sit in it while they feed. I also like to see them at the flowers outside my kitchen window.
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:13 PM | Reply
  
  They are a joy to watch, and so pretty, Jayne. How nice that you have places to view them.
TBM | January 23, 2013 at 6:51 AM | Reply

They are cute little buggers–I mean that in a loving way
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:13 PM | Reply
  
  I could tell there was emotion in your voice, TBM.
sweetdaysundertheoaks | January 23, 2013 at 7:04 AM | Reply

Sweet little thing. Now that will make you think of summer!
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:15 PM | Reply
  
  Our local Wild Birds Unlimited recommends we hang our feeders as early as April. I tried, and gave up. I was told they love catmint, but I have that planted on the side of the house where I can’t conveniently see if they visit.
suzicate | January 23, 2013 at 7:35 AM | Reply

Great close up pic!
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:16 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Susan.
TexWisGirl | January 23, 2013 at 10:16 AM | Reply

that’s what we get here, too. i think west texas might have a chance to get others.
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:17 PM | Reply
  
  My doctor lived in Arizona for a few years, Theresa, he said there are a lot of them there.
loustar02 | January 23, 2013 at 12:51 PM | Reply

What a beautiful bird – a real treasure of a photo.
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 4:18 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Lou. They are so tiny.
E.C. | January 23, 2013 at 5:47 PM | Reply

I love hummingbirds. They’re like little angels flitting about. We used to feed them and had several each year. Then we got Babycat and stopped feeding them and still each year one or two fly by often feeding on our flowers and veggie blossoms.
That’s a honey of a shot. It’s hard to get a photo of one so clearly. Great job!
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 6:15 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, E.C. I didn’t realize they actually perch–if only for a moment.
wallacejones | January 23, 2013 at 10:11 PM | Reply

Flying jewels! Nice photo! I love to hear the buzz of their wings.
- pattisj | January 23, 2013 at 10:31 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Wallace. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard them, this was taken from inside my daughter’s house. Now I have something else to look forward to this year!
Jen | January 23, 2013 at 11:21 PM | Reply

Ruby-throated are the only ones I’ve seen, too. They are quite entertaining to watch.
- pattisj | January 25, 2013 at 1:19 AM | Reply
  
  They are rather feisty, considering their size, Jen.
Stewart M | January 24, 2013 at 5:37 AM | Reply

I’d love to see a hummer – but I’m in the wrong part of the world for them!
When you take shots of fast moving birds in a bouncy boat, you have to learn to love the delete button!

Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW.

Stewart M – Melbourne
- pattisj | January 25, 2013 at 1:20 AM | Reply
  
  You’ll just have to visit the other hemisphere, Stewart! I don’t think I’d do well on a bouncy boat, pictures would be the least of my worries.
spilledinkguy | January 24, 2013 at 9:12 AM | Reply

NICE!!!
I’ve always wanted to catch a humming bird! Should be no problem… they hardly move at all, right?!
- pattisj | January 25, 2013 at 1:22 AM | Reply
  
  Thanks! That should be no problem at all, Robert. I know where you can find some–in the summer, anyway. That’ll keep you busy for awhile…
Lenore Diane | January 24, 2013 at 1:57 PM | Reply

Love it. Makes me thing of warmer days, though I am enjoying the cold.
- pattisj | January 25, 2013 at 1:23 AM | Reply
  
  I’m glad you’re enjoying the cold, Lenore, but I can’t wait for it to warm up again. I should probably get busy and do all that INDOOR stuff, like housework!
Laura Best | January 26, 2013 at 10:11 PM | Reply

This is a great picture, Patti! I love hummingbirds.
- pattisj | February 5, 2013 at 2:03 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Laura! They are quite unique.