sergio wrote:
In about 20 years of seeing these birds coming to my balcony I have never seen a male.
Canon D90 with Tamron 150-600, usually at a little more than 6 feet, ISO 3000, 1/1000.
For unknown reasons, this year we have had many more Ruby-throated hummingbirds than in years past. I was surprised because I thought nearly all of them were females. Then I did some reading and found out that young male and female first-year hummers look identical, and don't get the distinctive iridescent throat feathers until later molting.
On closer inspection I could sometimes see one red throat feather in with all the white, that one was a male.
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