Hummingbirds

Last summer my husband and I hung a hummingbird feeder outside our kitchen window.  We were constantly amazed at the frequency that these little beaties would feed.  As long as we stayed fairly still, we could watch them from inside indefinately.  I haven't done my homework to find out if we had males and females of the same species with different colorations, or if we actually had more than one species feeding at the feeder. 

We used a sugar water solution in the feeder: one part sugar to three parts water.  Apparently the red liquid that is marketed as "hummingbird food" is just sugar water.  The red color is attractive to the birds, but if the feeder itself is brightly colored, there's no need for colored liquid. 

It was tricky to get a good photo considering these birds' wings move extremely fast.  I happened to catch this little dude at rest on the feeder, a rare moment.  Most of the time they would just hover as they fed.  It's still a little blury since I took the photo with my phone through the kitchen window.