{"id":334,"date":"2023-08-22T14:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=334"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:56:50","slug":"its-time-for-hummingbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/22\/its-time-for-hummingbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s time for hummingbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autumn migration is underway for hummingbirds, and for Pennsylvania that means the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris<\/em>). Consequently, I have many and excellent opportunities to photograph them. Of course it helps to have a pollinator garden and\/or a hummingbird feeder. I have both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In terms of pollinator plants, I find that bee balm flowers are tops on the list in terms of hummingbird preference. Note:<\/em> Thus far I have seen\/photographed females and immatures, which means no ruby throat. Even so, any hummingbird is beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruby-throated hummingbird.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The next photo is only a partial of a hummingbird, but I like the reaction to the silver-spotted skipper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruby-throated hummingbird and silver-spotted skipper.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Butterfly bush flowers are also a favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once the bee balm flowers have faded, a feeder becomes the next favorite choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hummingbird feeder appeared small to me when I first put it out; however, once a hummingbird is sitting on a perch, the feeder appears tremendous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Autumn migration is underway for hummingbirds, and for Pennsylvania that means the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Consequently, I have many and excellent opportunities to photograph them. Of course it helps to have a pollinator garden and\/or a hummingbird feeder. I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,15],"tags":[23,22,25,5,26],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hummingbird","category-wildlife","tag-blossoms","tag-butterfly-bush","tag-hummingbird","tag-photography","tag-ruby-throated-hummingbird"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}