Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
There are hundreds of species of hummingbirds that nest in the American tropics, and more than a dozen in the western U.S., but east of the Great Plains there is only the Ruby-throat (Archilochus colubris). Cathy has been putting up feeders for them and each year it seems she gets more and more of them. They are particularly numerous during the fall migration when we see them most days, although probably not the same one from day to day. This was one of the last that we saw this year. They seemed to particularly like the jewel weed or touch-me-not flowers (Impatiens capensis). Not a great photo but still, fun.
