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Post by lilolpeapicker on Mar 22, 2015 14:51:54 GMT -5
I found a hummingbird that I figured got caught inn a heavy rain storm one time. It was downed in my garden I picked it up and put it into a bucket of some kind and put it an area up high. It was gone after the rain had stopped.
Karen, is that over toward the Alabama stateline? I see it on the map!
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Post by davidjp on Mar 26, 2015 10:37:12 GMT -5
Annas hummingbird about 4 inches from my bathroom window They seem to like to nest close to the house maybe they feel it offers some protection, this is from last year on a branch from one of my avocado trees
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Post by OregonRed on Mar 26, 2015 10:44:00 GMT -5
what a pic! the nest is so tiny
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 26, 2015 10:44:05 GMT -5
So pretty, I love looking at hummingbirds when we travel. We only have the Ruby Throated here. The biggest variety I have ever seen in one place was Arizona.
In Costa Rico we visited a nature preserve where they had a bunch of hummingbird feeders and it was so impressive. Some of those hummers were BIG. They had benches where you could sit and the birds were flying all around. It was wonderful.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Mar 26, 2015 10:47:36 GMT -5
and on a nest...how exciting!
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Post by gakaren on Mar 27, 2015 11:49:41 GMT -5
No, it's the one that is just a bit further south and just above Tallahassee, Fl. We are about 90-100 mi. from the Al. line, but only about 40mi. from the Fl. one (as the crow flies).
And we now have at least 3 here and at least 2 of them are males. DH swears one is a female, so we will have babies if it is.
David, great pics. When my son lived in a condo in San Diego, they had a hummer nest near the second floor balcony/walk way. It was about the size of an English walnut and had 2 babies in it...so tiny! I don't remember which species it was.
BR, we are now getting some other species on our side of the Rockies. In fact, a few years back a gal in Pa. posted a pic of a Rufus that was over-wintering at her house. She put her feeder out every morning for it and took it down at night so it didn't freeze. Which BTW, they don't freeze as easily as just plain water, the sugar has "some" of the same anti-freeze qualities as salt in that respect. Mine don't freeze down here since we don't normally stay below 32º for very long, just a few hours at a time. They have gotten slushy though.
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Post by Veggie Gal on Mar 27, 2015 15:33:54 GMT -5
Years ago we had a tree in a pot outside our living room window and a hummer set up a nest in it. We watched everyday and saw the eggs, one hatched, we saw it grow up........So tiny, we couldn't believe it when it hatched. Then one day we just happened to be watching and actually saw it fly. We even got to see them fly off together and never returned. We were so sad........
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Post by davidjp on Mar 30, 2015 18:31:08 GMT -5
We've had an interloper on our feeders for the past few weeks, the Hooded oriole's have arrived
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Post by OregonRed on Mar 30, 2015 21:44:51 GMT -5
wholey cow, what a pic!
niiice!
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Post by gakaren on Mar 31, 2015 0:00:39 GMT -5
I sure wish I got those here, but no! :(
The ruby throats are moving...central Tn. and about 2/3's way up Ark.!
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Post by Veggie Gal on Mar 31, 2015 11:27:38 GMT -5
I'll be in TN next month and will look for that hummer..........Love the photo of the other bird too.
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Post by gakaren on Apr 15, 2015 10:47:30 GMT -5
If you northern gals haven't been looking at the map...you better look! They have moved quickly this year and are clear up into Wis. & Ver./N.H.!
If you don't have your feeders out, GET THEM OUT!!! These guys are going to be hungry with all that travel!
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 17, 2015 21:33:50 GMT -5
I better work on that tomorrow...they are almost here. all around me.
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 18, 2015 7:46:28 GMT -5
You're right. I quit looking. It is sunny and warm and I will be working outside all day pulling weeds and straightening up flower beds so I will get a feeder out too.
I didn't like eating the scarlet runner beans last year (too big and starchy for me) but the hummers loved the orange flowers so I am planting them again this year.
Thanks for the reminder Karen.
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