My first Hummingbird of the season, but it must be passing...
I had put my Hummingbird feeders out over the weekend, and had noticed the nectar was going down. I had not seen any hummers until last night. There was one drinking from my feeder for a long time completely unchallenged. This was a type of bird that I had never seen before. It was about 1/3 the size of the hummers I have had in the past. I don't believe it could be a young hummer, I'm thinking it is to early in the season. Maybe someone out there has experience with the nesting patterns and when the young appear. If this wasn't a youngster, could it be a species that is just passing through. In all my years of watching I have never seen a hummingbird this tiny.
“You live and you learn, but if you never learn, at least you are still living.”
— Unknown
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