Hummingbirds show birder new down-under feeding trick

BIRDWATCHING — Inland Northwest birder Nancy Miller of Viola, ID, photographed this hummingbird this week — possibly a sub-adult male Anna’s hummingbird, experts say — feeding on her geraniums in a different way than she’s noticed before:

“This one does something I’ve not seen them do – sits on the stem of the flower and gets nectar from any buds drooping within reach.”