Wind, Rain’s healthier sibling is doing his best to stay out of the camera lens. I caught him zipping around our flower bed yesterday with a snootful of pollen. He rested in the plum tree for a while and let me photograph him a bit and then went right back to doing what hummingbirds do best.
Sticking their beaks into every flower they see. He is quite agile and appears to have no trouble flying at all. I got a good look at his feathers and they are much more developed then Rain’s.
Meanwhile, Rain has taken up residence in our backyard and makes frequent trips to the feeder. I have seen her snapping at flies as they come close, but I haven’t seen her catch one yet. That doesn’t mean that she hasn’t, just that I haven’t seen her do it. Flower has stopped feeding her now, as her current eggs near hatching, but I did see Flower giving a fly catching demonstration for Rain over our neighbor’s compost pile. Rain sat in a branch while Flower zipped around chattering and snatching flies out of the air not 4 ft from Rain. Rain’s a quick learner and I think she got it.
