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Female Allen's I think. Good to see her in one of these succulent blooms. They're really sucking me dry mostly. Aside from chasing each other, my hummers are actually sharing the feeders on occasion.
I think this is a female Black-chinned Hummer, only one hanging around, the Calliope and Rufus do not visit as often.
If you have never seen a hummingbird nest, they are the size of golf balls. So hard to see. Luckily a friend pointed this one out to me.
Hummingbirds usually migrate to warmer climates long before winter sets in. However, some hummers choose to stay. We may never fully understand the question of why some do this?
The last four days has been bitterly cold here in the western part of Oregon, so I have done my best to feed the holdovers. It hasn't been easy because every morning the hummingbird feeders are frozen not allowing these little beauties to feed.
This is where I come in. I thaw out all 5 of our feeders and replace with fresh nectar. It only takes a matter of seconds for the little hummers to start feeding when I hang the feeders. They are very hungry in the morning, because all night they have been in their hibernating stage called "torpor". I encourage all to google hummingbirds and find out just how amazing these beauties are.
Thank you, and have a marvelous day! :-)
The background is made up of a blueberry bush on the left and an old fence to the right. We have hummer friendly plants along the edge of our patio.
I recently had a chance to spend a number of hours photographing Broad-Tailed hummingbirds in northern Colorado. What I have concluded, is that if these birds were any larger and carnivorous.....humans would not exist! These tiny and speedy birds are incredibly territorial and spend much of their day fighting over who should get to visit the feeders. One of my greatest photographic challenges is capturing these mighty little fighters with my camera. So much has to fall into place to be able to get 2 birds in focus in one image. This is why it takes hours of trying and waiting.