Yesterday, a friend was visiting with her dog. I have a sliding glass door with a doggie door in my kitchen that connects to the patio. The dogs run in and out at will. I have a hummingbird feeder hanging from the patio roof.
A little guy that looked like this one flew into my glass door and was lying on the patio near the doggie door. My friend held the dogs back while I went and tried to pick up the little hummingbird. He tried to fly, but couldn't gain altitude. I picked him up and put him in one of my tall cypress trees. He stayed there quite a while. I decided to take my camera outside to check on him. He saw me and flew into my neighbor's mimosa tree. I can't tell these little guys apart, but I took these photos today and hope he's one of them.
They do also perch on the rail, but this is the only photo I've caught showing that.
I call this bird 'he' because the females have a green head, instead of this dark head. I have a lot of them eating from this new feeder and the flowering shrubs in my yard. I also have an oriole feeder for the bigger birds.
PS: Later in the day, I managed a photo of the female.
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