Hummer

This is an image of one of the female ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) that are feeding regularly on this particular cultivar of beebalm (Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline').  Curiously, I have yet to see any bees on the plant, but the hummers seem to be readily drawn to it.  The stunning blooms are one of the highlights of the Habitat.

I say 'one of' because it occurred to me tonight that the hummer I was watching was coming and going from a new direction - across the yard to the north, rather than into the trees to the south.  Sure enough, when the new female made one of her exits, another hummer gave chase out of the trees as she left the yard.

So I think we have two females; no males sighted yet.