Well, I finally got some photos of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird family that visits us each day. The first photo is the female. I just love her little toes!

We were really laughing at some of her antics. There’s a ceramic wind chime hanging up on the patio that has small green birds dangling from the strings. Well, she was really buzzing around them for about a minute. I wonder if she thought they were other hummingbirds! Probably not, but we got a kick out of it anyway :)

Here are some photos of the male and female in relatively the same poses, so that you can see the difference. The male has the ruby-red throat, and the female has a white throat and a small white patch just behind her eye.

These next photos show them hovering over the feeder. Their wings move so fast I couldn’t even capture them with my camera (sounds like a great excuse to get a better camera :)

We got this feeder at Lowe’s for less than five bucks, and we fill it with a one-part table sugar, four-parts water mixture. So for a very low price, we get alot of enjoyment watching these little ones. They have never come to feed at the same time (maybe one of them is back at the nest “babysitting”). I think it would be great if they raised a family here :)