Wow, that's a stunning photograph! Thanks for posting it.

Seeing those tomato leaves in the background reminds me that some people on this forum have mentioned they've seen Ruby-throats feeding from tomato flowers. Amazing. I haven't seen this, but did see something kind of cute the other day. As I gazed out the window into the back yard, I saw a hummer buzzing around the tomatoes and vegetable garden. In addition to tomatoes, there are also flowering squash, non-flowering parsnips, and regular pole beans with white flowers (not scarlet runner beans). Remembering people saying that the hummers like tomato flowers, I watched closely to see if I would notice any feeding occurring at the tomato blossoms.

Instead, I soon realized that the poor little thing wasn't dipping into tomato flowers, but was investigating all of the bright red cherry tomatoes. I didn't notice any exploration of the bean or squash flowers. She (or possibly a young male) finally realized her cherry tomato mistake, and whizzed around the side of the house to the front. This is where the feeders and hummingbird flowers are. They sure do investigate all things red!

The sugar from the feeders and flowers are only a part of their diet. They feed on tiny insects also. You think he could have been looking for a bug or two? Ellen

My hummers have pecked in both my cherry tomato blossoms, going down a complete clouster - where my cherry tomato is a "Snow White" which ripens to light yellow not red, and they would peck in my tomatillo blossoms (tomatillos aren't red either). These weren't juvies, but mature females and my mature male. I too was thinking that they may have been after those tiny wasps and gnats that do nectar on the flowers.

Nice clean shot!

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Thanks everyone. That's not a tomatoe plant in the BG though. It's a trumpet vne. No blooms this year, but there was a feeder just outside the frame.

Excellent photo!

Well, I actually did catch a real live hummer about two weeks ago. He was exhausted from trying to get out of the greenhouse. I caught him and carried him outside for a clean release.