Hummers on the Wing
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.
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.



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!