Baby Hummingbird

I counted five hummingbirds flitting and swooping around the high and low gardens at Cedar Bluff yesterday. Some are adults; some are juveniles.

This little bird has a slight blush of the characteristic ruby red just below the base of the beak. I would identify it as a juvenile ruby throat hummingbird, but I am a novice birdwatcher.

We've had feeders placed around our property for over five years. The birds know where the feeders are and return every year.

I prepare a mixture of one cup of sugar to two cups of filtered water for them. I boil the syrup until the sugar has dissolved, cool the syrup and then fill the feeder. They love it.

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Wanda Hayes Eichler