ruby throated hummingbird.

My wife is very ill with a suspected case of Lyme disease, so with trips to ER and doctors and whatnot, I haven't had much time to pick up a camera or browse pics here. Hopefully things will settle down a bit as we get a handle on this, but I'm not going to be here very often for a while by the...

An extremely long shot of this hummer coming in for a landing. At the top of a tall tree perched on a hill well above me. I'm surprised I got any details at all. Taken this past Sept.

Haven't had a lot of luck getting flight shots of these birds. As you can imagine, trying to get one with a low priced point and shoot super zoom makes the task rather difficult. It doesn't help that they are really skittish this season for some reason. I did manage this one. Best I could manage...

This ruby throated hummingbird used this perch as a look out station while it relentlessly guarded one of the feeders all day. One wouldn't think such a delicate looking bird would get so physically involved, but sometimes I could actually hear their tiny bodies clashing together at high speed...

The hummers are slowly (VERY slowy) getting more used to me. I'm managing to get a little closer but not much. I'd also like to catch them in a better background, but the hummers dictate the terms, not me! lol

Still trying to get a decent hummer shot, so I was hiding behind a bush in hopes the hummers would come closer. But this one knew I was there, and hid in a tree. Luckily after a moment, she got curious and perched more out in the open about 30 feet away, allowing me to get this shot. Then next...

This is a shot from back in the summer. Had lots of ruby throated hummers that would land in and flit about on a large hemlock tree in my yard. Always funny to see this tiny bit of bird sitting in such a huge tree. No matter what they do, hummers are a feast for the eyes!

I have at least six hummingbirds that visit my feeder. They are very territorial and guard their turf. They sit in the trees waiting for other hummer tresspassers. They reside in North Florida from March until October; then migrate south.