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[jennlk]

Between the storms yesterday, I saw a hummingbird darting around the backyard. Erm. ooops. We didn't have the hummingbird feeder out yet. During the second storm, I remedied that -- dug the feeder out of the basement, mixed up some nectar, and put it out after the storm passed. Less than an hour later:




This morning, I saw another female and a male at the feeder. SR said there was one in the front yard yesterday evening being noisy. I think I'm going to put out another feeder in the front yard -- maybe it will cut down on the skirmishes in the back yard.

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[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

How do you tell males from females? Are males more brightly colored and larger like with cardinals? We put our feeder out last weekend and I am watching and waiting with great anticipation.

[jennlk]

These are Ruby-throated hummingbirds, and the males have a bright red throat. The red patch extends from below the beak to the white chest. Sometimes you can't see that the bib is red, it will look dark and then he'll shift and the light hits it and it's red. This hummingbird could be either, just based on this picture, but we watched it for a while and it's a female.