Today I have the privilege of seeing a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the perch occupied by the male a couple of days ago.  I took over thirty pictures to get two worth publishing.  They simultaneously visited the feeder but I didn’t capture that image.  

OMG, this very minute (4:00 PM) I glanced at the feeder and both were there!!  I grabbed the camera and started shooting.  These are cropped….

Impossible to read, but the outside thermometer reads eighty-two degrees.  Cooler than the ninety-four degrees forecast for this hour.  A thunderstorm is not far away and bringing relief.  Likewise, eighty-two degrees inside the apartment.  I feel like I’m in a sauna because I still do not have air-conditioning!!

Postscript, Thursday, July 18, 2013, 6:45 PM: The air-conditioner was repaired sometime today (while I was working  at my volunteer job, in an air-conditioned building).