Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are out and about, so it’s Summer, though it’s not “officially” that season yet. It’s early June. Still Spring, yet … not really here in NE GA.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend the Hummers began coming to our feeders, visual sightings, that had been infrequent at best since migration this Spring, began to be more usual, with today being a day of acrobatic two-some between two young male RT’s.<\/p>\n
Hummingbirds are particularly attractive, due to diminuitive size, rapid wing beats, and their cute, cute, antics! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are out and about, so it’s Summer, though it’s not “officially” that season yet. It’s early June. Still Spring, yet … not really here in NE GA. 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