Living in the Air.

8-7-12 VERMONT: The last two days have been pleasant, low humidity, in the seventies after the last T-storm that dumped 0.85 inches of rain on us. That last storm also left a lot of road sand in the culvert, and I shoveled it out yesterday.

I spent some time today sitting on the deck railing watching the hummers come and go, mostly working the bee balm and the feeders. There were as many as three at a time, and they would rather chase each other away than share the many flowers. They only occasionally sit on a branch for a few seconds but mostly fly, dart, hover and move in any direction. I took dozens of pix and video to get a few decent images.

New blooms: blue lobelia.


Female Hummingbird working on bee balm, check those wings.

Same lady from the side, the green color makes it easy to pass as a leaf.

Male hummer has a darker head and red bib. It's not very prominent in this guy, probably he's not fully mature. These are all Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds, our only native in Vermont.

Female dancing in air.