What About This Bill?

What About This Bill?

"I still have the same female hummingbird at my feeder all day long. I know it's the same one because she has a defective beak. She seems to have no trouble feeding from the flowers or feeder, though. She is really spunky and actually sits on her perch (in a shrub next to the feeder) until a bee comes along and then she chases it away. I sit and watch her catch insects out of the air! She's been here just over a week now...hopefully she checks her calendar soon and sees that there's somewhere she needs to fly to soon! Will miss her when she leaves." —Colleen from Almont, Michigan

Hummingbird with abnormal bill, at feeder
Photo: Colleen Smith