Hummingbirds Are Visiting Now

I believe these are the same hummingbirds that came from the nest. There have been three coming around and one does look like the same female from the nest. One of them must be a male because it was practicing the male flight display pattern today.

They love the Crocosmia that's blooming right now, they perch on it's flower stems, and get a good supply of nectar from it's blossoms.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independance Day everyone!

Just so everyone knows, the Chickadee in the previous post is not a Chickadee at all but a Junco.

Got a couple shots of one of the hummers today, this may be the one that has the fledgings, but I'm not certain about that. It had a bright red patch like the mother, but I didn't see it well enough to tell if it matched hers or not.

Flowers, Hummingbirds, and Cow Birds

This flower is the one that the hummingbirds love to land on the stems of, it's called Crocosmia, and the blooms just started opening yesterday.

Not the best shot here but there is a hummingbird sitting on it, will most certainly be trying for better shots, as they continue to visit these flowers. I should be able to get some good ones as long as the deer don't eat the flowers, some years they eat them and others they don't seem to bother them much.

I noticed a couple hummingbirds out by the flowers this morning, when I went outside one of them came and hovered in front of me for a few seconds, and seemed to be eyeing my camera. I'm not certain but it may have been one of the fledglings. Once the blackberries stop blooming, and they're almost finished, the hummingbirds will visit the flower beds more.

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I saw this Chickadee feeding a Brown Headed Cowbird fledgling this afternoon, and managed to get a couple shots of them together.

The Chickadee seems so small compared to the Cowbird. I wonder if it's hard for the Chickadee to keep up with the feeding of this one.

Here's one more shot of the fledgling. Cowbirds lay their eggs in another birds nest, when the eggs hatch I guess the Cowbirds hatchling grows faster, and eats more, then the rest of the hatchlings starve. This Chickadee seems to be accepting the Cowbird as if it is her own.

Another Hummer Favorite

Hummingbirds love Columbine, and it is full of blooms right now, another flower that reseeds itself real well.

This second photo shows the long spurs on the back of the Columbine blossom, These are filled with nectar, it's no wonder the humingbirds love this stuff. The flower almost looks as if it was designed just for hummingbirds. They can easily get their beaks into those spurs.


The Hummingbirds are starting to visit the flowers a little more now, I hope to get some shots of them soon. There's another flower in the yard that's just starting to bloom and they love to land on the stems of it and sip the nectar from the blossoms, will try and get some shots of that happening.