Hummers I

August 21st
I have two hummingbird feeders in my yard. These days the ruby-throats are exceptionally busy at the feeders. They're fattening themselves up for their long migration south in a few weeks.

(Interesting fact: Ruby-throated hummingbirds winter on the Yucatan Penninsula. They get there by flying directly across the Gulf of Mexico from the US in one straight shot.)

Ounce for ounce, hummers are the most pugnacious animals on earth. They attack and chase each other with a ferocity not to be believed when one bird encroaches on another while feeding.

Be glad... be very glad hummingbirds are not the size of German Shepherds.
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