Date: 07/08/2023

Number: 3

It’s going to be a long wait if this little guy is waiting to see red on these tomatoes. Might as well catch a few gnats gotta get your daily protein.

The favored prey of ruby-throated hummingbirds is spiders, making up 60 to 80 percent of their diet. Hummingbirds also consume beetles and parasitic wasps, along with pests such as mosquitoes, ants, flies, gnats, aphids and mites. Hummingbirds hunt in the manner of a flycatcher, a type of bird that captures insects in flight. They also take advantage of spider webs, and will often consume both a spider’s prey and the spider itself. (Google)

Newburgh, IN

Latitude: 37.9 Longitude: -87.4

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