Artist - Janet Fountain

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Title:

Hummingbirds out my back door

 

 
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size (h x w): 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9")
Completed:

Jun 2025

Salt Lake City

Collection of the Artist

Note:
Partly based on movement studies of Fox Squirrels

Every summer when the cottonwood fluff begins floating down, we would be visited by a hummingbird couple.

They always chose the same major branch on a female Box Elder tree for their tiny nest.

A squirrel would often harass them by approaching the nest. Both male and female squirrels enjoyed this activity. Sometimes I think the squirrels did it for entertainment in a moment of boredom.

A fearless male hummingbird would chase them off every time.