Friday, December 24, 2010

Rufous Hummer

I got him! I finally got a photo of our resident winter hummingbird. He is quite skittish and whenever I go outside he flies away or hides behind the orchid tree where I cannot get his photo, so this is a thru-the-window shot at maximum zoom, but here he is:

3 comments:

Roberta said...

Lovely! I've yet to see one of these. I'll have to keep an eye out. We have quite the assortment of birds that migrate through our yard. I'm glad you got a picture.

Caroline said...

Wow! Do you leave a feeder out all year for him?

Lee17 said...

Yes, I do have a feeder out but I rarely see him at it. He seems to prefer eating the little bugs around the yard instead.