I had my usual two hummingbird visitors and finally got a picture of the male Ruby Throated hummingbird. He is quite a bit faster than the female and quickly flies away at the slightest movement, so he has been more difficult to capture. The red on his throat gleams so brightly when the sun hits it, like a big sparkly ruby.
I love those pictures of hummingbirds. Great stuff here on your blog.
ReplyDeleteYou caught him in midair, Robin - nice photo! I see them on our Verbena bonariensis, too.
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Love both the hummingbird and the humming moth. Excellent pics. Wish we had hummingbirds over here! Last year I saw a humming moth in my garden for the first time. They are very rare over here so I was over the moon spotting one. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose are cool. I saw a hummingbird moth last summmer and we thought it was the real thing. I just got a hummingbird feeder that I set up, but no takers yet. I like yours, it's pretty.
ReplyDeleteRobin, I just saw a hummingbird moth for the first time this week! I thought it was a mutant bumblebee! LOL! Nice, nice photo you got of it! They are NOT still things, are they?
ReplyDeleteFantastic pictures. I can never get that much detail.
ReplyDeleteThak you all for the kind comments and for dropping in for a visit.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Lana and I saw our first hummingbird moth in my garden yesterday! We too, are southern transplants living in the NW Chicago suberbs! Thanks for the photo!
ReplyDeleteStephanie
I live in Québec Canada and for two years I have seen a hummingbird moth and didn't know what is was....nobody had seen them before...they came back this year ...I'm very happy to have identify it...thats...
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