A Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers among colorful flowers, its rapidly beating wings dissolving into a soft blur.

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird becomes a painterly blur of motion and color in a low-light, slow-shutter photograph.

A hummingbird hovers among vibrant garden blooms, a dusting of pollen on its beak from recent flower visits.

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds race between garden flowers, chasing one another as seasonal activity intensifies.

Li'l Miss Ruby, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, hovers among colorful flowers before her southbound migration.

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers over a garden flower, pausing to sip nectar with remarkable control.

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird dropped by for a quick visit last Sunday, and it was good to see our old friend again.

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird gives the camera a side-eye while feeding before her migration south.

In this part of the Midwest we mostly have ruby-throated hummingbirds; there is an occasional Rufous, but we’ve yet to have one visit.

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers face-to-face, showing off his brilliant ruby throat before flying away.