Outside my window

Mark took this picture of a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird through the kitchen window! There is a very nice Tepeguaje Tree about about a foot from our window and was a great place to hang a feeder.





The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are migrating through right now. In the Spring the males move north earlier than the females. This little guy might fly all the way to Canada!

Archilochus colubris: The Ruby-throat beats its wings almost 80 times per second. The female usually lays 2 eggs. The incubation period is only 11 - 16 days. The young birds first flight is in about 20 - 22 days.

Almost all leave the North America in the fall, wintering from Mexico to Costa Rica or Panama. Most go around the Gulf, concentrating along the Texas coast.