The hummingbirds are fascinating to watch in the Virginia Garden as they hover over the lantana and mandevilla. Hovering likens to helicopter flight. The wing muscles are coequally powerful on forward and backward motion.

The colors of the feathers shimmer in the light. The hummingbirds' shimmering and iridescent colors result from the way the light hits the special cells within the top layers of the feathers contrasting color production from pigment in the cells of other birds.

Hummingbirds feed several times per hour on flower nectar and insects. The best color for a feeder is red. Keep clean and filled with a mixture of one part sugar to four parts water.

The hummingbird migrates south in August.