Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Jewelweed ~ "Catch Me If You Can" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed Their recovery is one of

Their recovery is one of conservation's great success stories

This is the kind of moment that started 'Songbirds & Friends' -- you walk in slowly

and it intensifies with age: the oldest birds wear the brightest plumage

the hummingbird is the smallest guest at the richest table

peregrine falcon

Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Jewelweed ~ "Catch Me If You Can" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed Their recovery is one ofTry to follow a Ruby Throated Hummingbird with your eye and you will lose they dart, hover, reverse, and vanish faster than you can turn your head. There is something playful in it, a kind of dare, and that is the spirit of this piece: catch me if you can. I painted one mid flit among jewelweed, the orange touch me not whose nectar these birds love, in the damp shade where both of them thrive. It is a smaller, quicker painting than some in the