This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

Feb. 16, 2015
Rio Santiago
Honduras

Not all hummingbirds are wildly colorful, not even all adult males. I saw a Scaly-throated Hummingbird in Honduras, but just once. All of us on the trip prized this rarer hummingbird, and not only because it was less easily seen. It has a subtle beauty, don't you think? It does appear almost as if it has scales on its throat and breast.

I wish I could watch it longer. I wonder what the male hummingbird does to wow the female. Does he sing? Does he dance on air? Or does the female simply appreciate his softly colored, muted, mottled vest?

© 2015 Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

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