Sunny and cool. I happen to spot a moment of tenderness between hummingbirds: he buzzing back and forth a few inches from her perch in the eastern red cedar, she tilting her head back for a lightning-fast meeting of tongues.
Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow
Thinking about this interaction further, I don’t recall seeing a male’s ruby throat. I think I assumed it was a male because the buzzing was identical to the courtship flight in sound—but was only a brief back-and-forth in front of the other, who was behaving like a fledgling waiting to be fed. Which is I think what I witnessed, not courtship behavior at all.