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Birders

Walleye

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4. I've had some males around, but the females are pretty vicious about protecting her nest when there's young 'uns

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Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:26 PM

Jul 2

So they mostly come around and to the windowsill more or less in the evening or early morning. They will be more frequent visitors after the babies have fledged I think usually the male is the first one I see in the spring. It really is dazzling when they stretch out their neck and flash that ruby throat reflection into the sun. Here is a male from last year.

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Female ruby-throated hummingbird. They've been very active the last couple of days [View all] Walleye Jul 2 OP

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I love to get backlight on their wings Walleye Jul 2 #2

Very pretty jfz9580m Jul 2 #3

I've had some males around, but the females are pretty vicious about protecting her nest when there's young 'uns Walleye Jul 2 #4