Photo Description My husband picked up a lovely hanging outdoor plastic basket of flowers at Home Depot, and we hung it from the eaves of the house at one of the backyard windows. That way we can watch too! The second picture is looking right out of one of windows to the backyard. It took awhile for the hummingbirds to get use to it, hehehe one would of thought we put a cat in the yard, the way they initially reacted to it, (they wanted nothing to do with it at first) which we laughed about it and they had no idea what this was doing right between some of their feeders because to them, it is a flower bed in the wrong place! Finally, the youngsters took to it. We've noticed the older hummingbirds that have been eating here for years, they'll take a quick "nip", but then they'll go straight to the hanging feeders instead. This little female here in the picture, we've named her Flower Child, she's got pollen on her bill in the 4th picture, and looks so happy! I guess the older hummingbirds like the "concentrate" better - (the feeders). But the fairly new hummingbirds, (juveniles as they're called) that are a bit older than the new babies, they're loving it, and we get to watch them which is beyond exciting! They'll circle around covering almost all of these flowers to try and get to all of them, and it's just absolutely so much fun and wonderful to watch.
We don't have much area to plant flowers in our yard as it's mostly concrete everywhere and an in-ground pool, so we had an idea for our backyard hummingbirds. That was to give them some real nectar, from real flowers.
Photo Location
In our backyard, Las Vegas NV
Check out these Hummingbird Photos.
I was sitting outside hand feeding my favorite squirrel. This usually keeps her out of my bird-feeder when I heard this thump and felt something hit the side of my leg.
This is my photo of the little hummingbirds that come to our feeders daily. We have 19 feeders outside but, for some reason, this feeder is just simply their favorite.
This is a brand new to the world baby hummingbird. Yesterday was her first day out of the nest and I think we were as excited as the mother bird was.
The hummingbirds have owned the back garden, near the Mexican sage and other plants. They have been zooming around, especially one couple who obviously are interested in one another.
I was sitting on a porch of a local barber shop while my husband got a haircut. These hummingbirds came by and I thought I'd try to catch them with my camera. After I got home and loaded them onto my computer I couldnt keep from laughing.
We have several hummingbird feeders around the yard and Path Garden. This is at the front door where we can see this little guy standing "guard " over his own personal buffet.
A hummingbird looking for the perfect blossom! Those little critters are so dang fast. It's hard to get a picture of them, and forget about getting them to smile!
