{"id":66,"date":"2022-09-11T13:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2022-09-11T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:23:52","slug":"a-ruby-throated-hummingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/11\/a-ruby-throated-hummingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"A ruby-throated hummingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In addition to this being a good year for hummingbird moths, hummingbirds have also been frequent visitors. From about the last half of August to the first nine days of September, whenever I looked outside, I saw a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding, either at hyssop, butterfly bush, or the rose of Sharon blossoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

My rose of Sharon stands about 8 or 9 feet tall and is a beacon for incoming hummingbirds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“My, what a large flower.”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most of the hummingbirds stopping here do not have a ruby-colored throat, because they are either a female or an immature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The black dots on the throat probably indicate an immature male.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes, hummingbirds don’t always hover. They can perch on anything they choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hummingbird contemplating blossom.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Of course, it is completely natural for a ruby-throated hummingbird to hover. (Hummingbirds don’t need much rest.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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