Much to my delight, very shortly after we put out our brand new hummingbird feeder, our resident hummingbird attacked it with unrestrained glee. If that were all - it'd be enough to make me a very happy person. However, much to our surprise & joy, it appears that we have not one, but four of the delightful little critters! To my untrained eye, they all appear to be of the Ruby-Throated variety, as the male has the brightly colored throat-patch and the females have white bellies and green backs.Now, I've been fascinated by hummingbirds my entire life, but had never seen one in the flesh, so you can imagine how excited I am by the prospect of all of that hummer activity!
It's most entertaining to watch them, as the little male is very territorial; it seems that despite the abundance of bee balm, marigolds, flowering blue sage, lantana, buddleia, and not one, but TWO hummingbird feeders, Rambo, as I've dubbed him, is convinced that he may just starve if he doesn't designate the largest feeder as his property and prevent the others from poaching. As for the other feeder, one of the females has claimed it, and will chase the other two away. What's especially entertaining is that we have yet to see her drink from it!
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