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  • Monthly Image: Hummingbird!

    Mary grows Scarlet Runner Beans with vivid red flowers specifically for the Ruby Throated hummingbirds that frequent the back yard:

    Hummingbird with Scarlet Runner Bean flowers
    Hummingbird with Scarlet Runner Bean flowers

    This female perched quite a while on that tendril while sticking her tongue out; it looks like a length of monofilament fishing line. The male also feeds on those flowers, although I’ve never seen him perch anywhere for more than a few seconds.

    We wish them success in raising their chicks!

    Hand-held with the Canon SX-230HS zoomed all the way in, then ruthlessly cropped.