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  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 22046
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999
    #1

    instant payoff - hummers

    we had a small hummingbird feeder stuck to the breakfast room window and started having a daily visitor. So Saturday we stopped at Wild Birds Unlimited and bought a better feeder, that gave us more visibility - not having to look through the suction cup, this one hanging from the eave with 20# fishing line.
    Put it up Sunday just as the daughter's in-laws came to visit us for the first time ever.

    Instant payoff, the birds came frequently through the late afternoon giving us some entertainment. Later and today (Monday) after everyone left I took these pictures... should have done it when there was more light.

    There's at least two, maybe three different ones and they are always fighting over the feeder. The Ruby-throated species (Archilochus colubris) seems to be the most agressive. You can see why he gets his name.
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    Last edited by LCHIEN; 09-06-2010, 11:52 PM.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
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    Tags: birds, feeder, hummingbird
    • gsmittle
      Veteran Member
      • Aug 2004
      • 2793
      • St. Louis, MO, USA.
      • BT 3100
      #2
      Great pix! At first I thought you were talking about giant SUVs…

      I got LOML a humming bird feeder two years ago for her birthday. We have yet to put it up. Maybe I'll do that this weekend.

      g.
      Smit

      "Be excellent to each other."
      Bill & Ted

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        • jbrain
          Forum Newbie
          • Mar 2007
          • 86
          • roseville california
          • Bt3100
          #3
          We also enjoy those hummers. Always interesting when 2 come to feed at the same time. A big chase off, then the victor comes back to enjoy the sweet nectar.

          We must refill it often during summer, but winter time no visitors.

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            • sparkeyjames
              Veteran Member
              • Jan 2007
              • 1087
              • Redford MI.
              • Craftsman 21829
              #4
              Originally posted by jbrain
              We also enjoy those hummers. Always interesting when 2 come to feed at the same time. A big chase off, then the victor comes back to enjoy the sweet nectar.

              We must refill it often during summer, but winter time no visitors.
              You'd be amazed to discover that as small as they are Humming birds are migratory birds. They're smart they head south in the winter.

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                • Rich P
                  Established Member
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 390
                  • Foresthill, CA, USA.
                  • Powermatic 66 (1966 vintage)
                  #5
                  Hummers and more

                  Several years ago the LOML started with the feeders. Here in Northern California they are supposed to head south to Mexico in late summer. Since we had food out for them there were a few hangers on. These are mostly Anna's but there are some Rufus birds in the area. Then we noticed there was woodpecker (I think a Woodhalls) that was feeding. She has since taught her offspring about the sugary delights of hummer feeders! See photos below.

                  A slow day...




                  Mom likes sugar...



                  Sharing....



                  The son has learned...



                  A young Rufus...



                  This year we plan to withdraw the feeders when they should start to migrate...maybe. It's a lot of work to feed the neighborhood.
                  Don't ever ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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                    • herb fellows
                      Veteran Member
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 1867
                      • New York City
                      • bt3100
                      #6
                      Nice! I live in NY, and we have never seen a humming bird here, despite putting out feeders.
                      At first I thought it was the climate, but we see them every June in Maine, so that's not it. I'll have to do a little research.

                      Update: When I lived in New York we would see them all the time... in Central Park of course, but still!! Amazing those little buggers find the right flowers in the middle of all of that development and skyscrapers. (from a website)
                      Well, I guess it's time to try again next year!
                      Last edited by herb fellows; 09-07-2010, 04:18 AM.
                      You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice.

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                        • LCHIEN
                          Super Moderator
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 22046
                          • Katy, TX, USA.
                          • BT3000 vintage 1999
                          #7
                          Originally posted by herb fellows
                          Nice! I live in NY, and we have never seen a humming bird here, despite putting out feeders.
                          At first I thought it was the climate, but we see them every June in Maine, so that's not it. I'll have to do a little research.

                          Update: When I lived in New York we would see them all the time... in Central Park of course, but still!! Amazing those little buggers find the right flowers in the middle of all of that development and skyscrapers. (from a website)
                          Well, I guess it's time to try again next year!
                          Timing is everything, I hear.


                          Loring in Katy, TX USA
                          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                            • MilDoc
                              #8
                              I love hummers. Have 3 feeders in our yard and they get emptied in just a few days! Also 4 bird and 1 squirrel feeder. Wildlife is great!

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