Originally Posted by Feather3

Dorthy:

The hummingbirds you have are all of the "Ruby Throat" species. The male has the red throat. Young males usually have not gotten adult coloring yet, but a few may have a darker throat or a few red feathers. On the East Coast all we have are Ruby Throat species, with an occassional "Anna's" species. The Migration will soon be over. We saw a lone female 2 days ago, but my feeders are not going down. They hit them hard 2 weeks ago, before heading south. This site has tons of info on migration & great close up photos of many species of hummingbirds:
Thank you so much for your update, your thoughts and the information. I can understand it is hard for some to understand what we hummingbirds 'co-parents'? feel. I feel totally responsible for them from the first bird to the last. During peak (now) I do not travel because I might have to fill the feeders morning, noon and again at night. I leave my feeders full one week longer than I see my last bird. They know when to leave. I am going to feed them while they are here. I made 4 gallons of sugar/water yesterday, they drank 3 gallons. My photos of the large feeder pole are now averaging 70 birds that I can see. (I can't see the backside of the feeders in the photos.) I have 2 feeder poles and can't get them both in the same photo. I judge 'for every bird I can see to count, there are 3 more I can't see to count'.
I agree how important it is for all of us to help. If you have only one bird he is as hungry as all the others are. Thanks to each of you who care to feed them.
Yes, they will be leaving me soon. I go through withdrawals when they leave. Like I am supposed to be doing something I am not doing.

http://www.hummingbirds.net/index.html

I just want to say thank you for taking the time to care for these little jewels. Without humans to help, many would never survive migration.