r/hummingbirds

I dropped one of my kids off at school this morning through the drive thru pick up/drop off area, and after giving them a hug and sending them on their way, I saw a poor humming bird had been hit and run over. I didn't have anything to help me move the poor bird, so I called the school. I just can't stop crying. It looked like a female Anna's hummingbird. We just saw some this morning, checking out our neighbors' squash blossoms. It was so nice to see them again. We used to have humming bird feeders before we moved here. I can't have a feeder now because I'm in an upstairs apartment, and I don't want to cause potential ants for our neighbors. I have been missing them so much, and to see that poor humming bird like that this morning just broke my heart. Take extra care with your beautiful feathered friends for me, please. I am sure you already do though. Posting a pic from September 2022 of a friend that frequently visited.

Rainbow didn't turn out so well :(

This is the first year I’ve even heard hummingbirds in my neighborhood (in the 6 I’ve been here) AND I have a little one that’s just figuring out how to perch!
Balance is hard on an unstable surface 🥺

Believe they are Roufus. Captured with a6400 @ 200mm 1/2000s

That’s quite a large humming bird that decided to stop by 🤣

Photographed back in April. Snow canyon state park Utah. He was buzzing around enjoying a small sprinkler running by the visitor center. Landed just long enough for me to snap a picture of him.

After staying the night near Sunset crater Volcano this pretty lady came up to us and went hunting for bugs in the back of the SUV in the morning. Id assume they have learned that bugs accumulate at night in vehicles with lights on, and can get a good meal in when there are campers.

Highly recommend growing Mexican Sunflowers.

First time growing in a large pot on the patio from seed. Insane amount of hummingbirds and butterflies and bees.

Flowers are about the size of a zinnia, plant is about 4 feet tall. I think next year I might use a tomato cage to contain it. We'll see.

Zone 7b, planted seeds after a cold Memorial Day weekend.