The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are back in town and are busy battling over the blossoms!
This beauty flitted about the Lantana flowers…
…paused briefly to investigate the Butterfly Bush…
,,,chased away a rival from the self-claimed territory…and then returned for more Lantana.
Meanwhile, just around the corner, another regal Ruby-throated was enjoying the Zinnias.
These little lovelies are fascinating to watch and frustratingly fun to photograph. They don’t sit still for a second!
I’m hoping they hang around at least through the month of August, though if they want to spend September here too I won’t complain!
Backyard Bird Nerd 
I’ll
Have to watch my lantana more
Closely.
You must indeed!
Absolutely spectacular images, Kathy! I bet you had lots and lots of fun getting these.
It was a brief, but fun, encounter for sure!
These are sweet! I know how hard it is to get them in stills. Video too I guess, though I haven’t tried. We have them buzzing around at each other now, we sit on the deck and they zoom around chasing each other. Seems like if they could learn to get along they’d expend less energy and have more time for sipping my inviting hummingbird offerings. I love the images where you’ve caught their wings going forward. That’s such a unique angle. I managed this only once in all the years I’ve tried to photograph them. 🙂
It’s always nice to be at the right place at the right time with camera in hand!
Beautiful birds and blossoms. You seem to be able to attract them wherever you are.