Hummingbirds!

The hummingbird population is at its peak. We have ruby-throats who are most likely passing through–I don’t think we’ve had them all summer, but there were a few in the spring. More abundant are the black-chinned, which are significantly smaller than the ruby-throats, and which do not all have black chins. Just as the ruby-throats do not all have ruby throats.

I might be wrong about the black-chinned; the east coast has only one kind of hummingbird and my ID skillz are not all the way there yet.

*Edit: Rosemary said that the black-chinned are actually rufous hummingbirds, a new one for me. They are rare here, so are probably migrating, like the ruby-throats. Changing the captions.