Black-chinned Hummingbird

Thank you all for the kind comments!

What a great site, Heather! Thanks for the link. I never use food coloring. If you've got red on a hummingbird feeder or orange on an oriole feeder it's sufficient to catch their attention. It's kind of entertaining going outside in a red, pink, or orange shirt. I get lots of hummingbirds coming up close, like 6 inches to a foot away, checking me out to see if I'm any good to eat. :o)

Thank you, Alice! It's a lot of work trying to keep these little feathered hogs fed! But ... not only is it very rewarding, but I couldn't in good conscience bring myself to stop putting out nectar for them. With the drought here in the desert SW (we've only 2 inches of precip. this year!) there's so little for them to eat.

Hi Heather. With so many hummingbirds, even a person with my meager photography skills can occasionally get a good shot. I make my own nectar using 4 parts water to 1 part sugar. During the spring/summer I buy my sugar in 50 lb. bags. ;o)