ruby-throated hummingbird female feeding on spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) at Cardinal Marsh IA 2K3A8645

Ruby-throated hummingbird migration is peaking now in northeastern Iowa and all the new arrivals are refueling when they find the right flowers. These bright orange spotted touch-me-not flowers, also called jewelweed, are one of the hummingbirds favorites now in late summer and early fall.

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