This female hummingbird at our feeder was a greeting for us
when we arrived home in Elkton today. It’s
a female Rufous Hummingbird and a FOS, which in “bird talk” stands for First of
the Season. When we left a week ago we had only been seeing a male who was very
busy defending a feeder for himself against another male Rufous as I posted on
March 14. From what I have read, female Rufous’ usually arrive a couple of
weeks after the males, presumably allowing the males time to establish their
territories. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens as the season
progresses.
Very exciting! Spring has arrived.
ReplyDeleteI cannot even imagine how small newly hatched hummingbirds must be. Pictures...Pictures, of them, please!
ReplyDeleteLarry, first I got to find a nest. I'll be looking, but I don't have the concentrated area I had with the Cactus Garden at Lake Havasu State Park.
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