Stragglers - 16 Oct 2018

I could not help but notice how cloudy the hummingbird feeder looked this afternoon. After all, it contained the bodies of a dozen wasps that had crawled inside and drowned. I emptied the feeder, cleaned it, and refilled it with fresh nectar (20% sugar water). Not 5 minutes after I rehung it in the yard did I see a hummingbird on it!

I've had as many as 3 juvenile/female-type Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in the yard this fall but had not seen any in the last week or so. eBird has them tagged as "Rare" this time of year in the State, so it was a nice sighting.

It appears to be a juvenile male from the green gorget feathers visible on the throat.

Brownton Abbey, 26340 Higgins Way, Wayne, Michigan, US
Oct 16, 2018 6:05 PM - 6:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:     Just changed the hummingbird feeder nectar!
1 species

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  1     female / juvenile at the nectar feeder. Digiscoped images from inside the house.

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