Hummertime.

8-14-15 VERMONT: The gardens behind the house are full of bee balm now, in red, magenta, and purple. There’s also lots of phlox in a variety of red/purple shades. The hummingbirds spend a lot of the day working these flowers. They’re apparently drawn to these colors. I caught one female at rest on a flower stem and then, working the flowers in video.

New blooms: Queen Anne’s lace, monks hood.


Female Hummingbird on break.

Her beak makes a good back-scratcher.

"Aaah, that's better."

"Does my back look OK?"

I'll put a couple videos on FB.