Getting to know the hummingbirds

We're getting acquainted, Trochilidae and I.

I've taken to just sitting a few feet away from the feeders, camera mounted on the tripod in front of me. These birds are not stealthy. Their arrival is marked by the chittering sounds they make at each other. You don't hear the hum of the beating wings until they're close, but it's quite obvious when you do.

We have three that hang around, zooming and zinging all over the place, chasing each other off the feeders, hovering noisily in front of me as if wondering what is that.

Thomas hasn't figured them out yet, although one of their feeders is stationed on the window against which his throne is positioned. He knows there is something interesting going on out there, but he's not sure what.