The other species of hummingbird (and more commonly seen) in Glacier is the rufous hummingbird. Here, a female feeds in a flowering bush (I'm working on a ID of said bush, it's not in my flower book). It was just dumb ass luck I got this shot. I was checking on another bird nest (a warbling vireo) when the hummer flew up. Sometimes life works that way. They call them pleasant surprises.

My grandmother never tired of this joke, which, telling it, was a joke in itself.

Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they don't know the words.

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