Flying to feed at a De La Mina Verbena bush in my yard. Didn't get good photos, but this the first time I've been able to photograph a hummingbird in my yard at all so posting anyway and hoping someone can identify what kind of hummingbird this is! There is a male Anna's hummer who often perches high in a tree in my yard as if surveying his territory and it wasn't him.
Mule fat was suggested, bay might be more likely, but hoping someone else can ID.
This flying insect hovered around a narrow leaf milkweed plant in my yard and landed on a leaf for a while. Very small. Red band at the end of its body. Did not seem interested in the milkweed flowers.