We got our 7yo daughter a hummingbird feeder for her birthday this year. We finally got around to getting it up about a week ago. We were able to place it about a foot away from our living room window which is nice and low. All the kids can easily see it. It has been so fun enjoying watching the hummingbirds visit!
I wasn't sure if they'd find it right away, but within an hour we had birds visiting. They're ruby-throated hummingbirds. The males have the red on them and the females are all green with white on their breasts/throats. When they're getting ready to fly up to the feeder, they sit on our garden fence. Sometimes we see them chasing each other off as well.
Here are some pics I took of the birds. How neat it has been to enjoy these amazing creatures that God made!
Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
How wonderful about the hummingbird feeder! I had put one up last year and the only thing it attracted was ants, bees and flies. I didn't put it back up this year. A little under a month to go!
Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
• Sun 8 Jun 2008 - Untitled Comment