Hummingbirds

Last year we put out a hummingbird feeder under our huge Catalpa tree.  We maybe got one bird all summer.  Dan did a lot of research on how to attract and keep hummingbirds coming back and this year implemented it.  We moved the feeder to the fron year and made a water/sugar mixture instead of food.  

Within a couple of days we got our first visitor

It's really hard to take pictures of these little birds. They are so quick and fly away as soon as they sense movement. In these photos the bird is on the left side of the feeder between the pole.  We noticed that there are 3 different birds.  A male an female and a very tiny female.  

This one is sitting on top of the Shepards crook.  

We also noticed that they have very strange feeding habits.  Some days they are constantly at the feeder, hovering, sitting, eating.  Some days we don't see any of them.  We love watching for them.  They are beautiful birds and it's amazing how fast they are.