We had quite a few Hummingbirds at the beginning of the summer and then none for many weeks, so we were excited when this Ruby-throated Hummingbird came back this week.
She’s been hanging around the hummingbird feeder and flowers quite a bit, but I really liked this photograph of her resting on a branch in the tree.
What do you think?
Iridescent! Wow!
HUMMINGBIRDS by Mary Oliver
The female, and the two chicks,
each no bigger than my thumb,
scattered,
shimmering
in their pale-green dresses;
then they rose,
tiny fireworks,
into the leaves
and hovered;…
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=160&issue=4&page=27