We all went to Rockwoods Reservation, and Marilynn Motchan, who was baby-sitting her daughter’s German Shepherd pup, Benny, took us on a short trail and showed me a lot of plants. I also saw some wild mammals, but that’s for another post.

At the feeder was this

DOWNY WOODPECKER:

very soon, he was joined by a female RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: Of course, Murphy's Law mandated that a male Hummingbird never camer near me, though the buzzed around the feeder... I wanted to get the Hummer on the flowers and a natural perch, and I was successful. Here are some of the photos: The Sweet Gum tree was a great perch for the birds: Here's the Hummer on the flowers:

Hummingbirds are tiny morsels of utter delight….!

Other hummingbird posts:

here

here

here (Hummingbird banding)