Hummers on the Wing

October 2, 2009
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Hummers on the Wing

September 29th, 2009

Late last week, we finally got a weather front strong enough to create rain.  With it came a fresh wave of migrating hummingbirds, mostly ruby-throated and black-chinned, through south Texas.  Our resident buff-bellied hummingbirds seemed to enjoy the slightly cooler weather.  At our house, the birds were sharing three feeders…most of them preferring a single feeder by the patio.  There was lots of activity on Thursday during a drizzling rain.

Immature Buff-bellied Hummingbird on the wing in south Texas.Immature Buff-bellied Hummingbird on the wing in south Texas.

The feeder had a guardian female ruby-throated hummingbird which had no problem driving away the larger buff-bellies.  Nevertheless, all the birds got chances to dash in and steal an occasional drink.

Juvenile female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering near feeder.Juvenile female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering near feeder.

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One Response to Hummers on the Wing

  1. avatar
    geoff on October 3, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Hey Larry beautiful photos. We have had huge numbers of hummers here in Mission, especially since that little front came through. We have 3 feeders up; usually 20-25 hummningbirds early and late. Have had one little white-eared hummer this year. First time I had seen one. Thanks for sharing your photos!

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