Sized-up

“Sized-up”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

If you were wondering how tiny a ruby-throated hummingbird is—here you go! This male hummingbird’s gorget shimmered in the sun while he perched on a Major Wheeler Trumpet Honeysuckle. His full body is barely bigger than the leaf next to him.

This year, his pretty little face will grace the front cover of the Hummingbird Trail map at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. This will be the seventh year of the Hummingbird Trail that I researched and designed.

Visit the Garden’s website to see a previous year’s map at https://botgarden.uga.edu. Click under Gardens & Collections then scroll down until you see information about the Trail. The Trail will be up sometime around the beginning of May. The best viewing of the hummingbirds will be in the late summer into September because more broods of hummingbirds will be born. Come visit the Garden!!

You can see why they are great pollinators by the huge amount of pollen on his head.

To purchase wildlife and nature fine art prints, please visit my website:

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Location: Athens, Georgia

Diving In

“Diving In”

Judy Royal GlennPhotography

This is an immature male ruby-throated hummingbird. Hummingbirds are great pollinators. They eat one and a half to three times their body weight in nectar and insects a day. So, they must visit 1,000 to 2,000 flowers every day!!

They can’t smell but use their near ultraviolet vision to direct them to the flowers.

We have a hummingbird at our house that I named Blonde. I know when I see her because her head is covered in pollen:)

To purchase wildlife and nature fine art prints, please visit my website:

www.judyroyalglennphotography.com

Location: The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, Georgia