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First female RTH

May 02, 2020 - When the first male Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrived at the beginning of the week, I was anticipating an early season f...

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Hummer debut

April 27, 2020 - I'm very particular about my photographs... OK, obsessive might be closer to the truth... and in all the decades I've be...

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Columbine communication

April 26, 2020 - It wasn't the nicest... or warmest... of days, but the sunlight is strong and that sent a message to the wild columbines...

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They're back

April 27, 2019 - After leading a wonderful crowd through Avalonia's Benedict Benson Preserve on a chilly morning, I returned home to star...

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Hovering for handouts

May 12, 2018 - The first Ruby-throated Hummingbird—a male, of course... the males always come back to the ridge first—returned from mig...

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Hummer food

May 08, 2018 - The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have been back at the feeder for about a week—April 29, to be exact—and, more than a litt...

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Balancing act

August 18, 2017 - It's been a fine and, from a kid-rearing perspective, wonderfully successful year for our Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Si...

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Floral cardinals

August 05, 2017 - It felt like old times today: a walk to the millpond, a few minutes pulling beaver-deposited sticks out of the spillway,...

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Last pit stop

September 26, 2016 - Every day, when I watch the still-filled nectar feeder outside the kitchen window, I expect to see, well, nothing... the...

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A good use for invasives

May 18, 2016 - We had the very friendly and exceedingly competent folks from Renewal by Andersen here today to take care of the last th...

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More supertelephoto adventures

May 10, 2016 - OK, mea culpa... I should probably just call a halt to posting and talking about my adventures with the Sigma supertelep...

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The hummers are back

May 03, 2015 - I put the snazzy hummingbird feeder that I received for my birthday last year up on my May 1 birthday this year, and yes...

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