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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 6, 2014 14:44:30 GMT -5
For those of you who love birds, I thought I'd share a couple of hummingbird videos I took this morning. Our farm is a Black Chin nesting ground and I have befriended them over the years. The way we go through sugar, I should be growing beets and sugar cane! The first one I set the camera on a tripod between me and the feeder, so you are ‘experiencing’ this much the way I do. Be sure to have your sound turned up to hear their vocalizations. The second one the tripod is set to the side, isn’t in the best focus, but it does show more of the ones hovering and coming in for landings. They are hard to count at this speed, but there were probably 30 at any one given time. Also, at the end of that one, a female doesn’t want to leave my hand! They may take a minute to load. flic.kr/p/mQeD8Nflic.kr/p/mQf3QXEnjoy! |
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Post by templeton on Apr 6, 2014 16:57:00 GMT -5
Gorgeous!
4 species in that second vid? Or male, female juvenile?
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 6, 2014 19:42:41 GMT -5
templeton Thanks! Known to be in the area are Black Chins, Ruby Throats, Rufous, and occasionally Green Violet Ears. I think in these videos we are seeing Black Chins; males with dark heads and gorgets that flash purple, buff/green females, and perhaps some juveniles. I noticed some of the females had more orangish coloring so it's possible there were some female Rufous in there.
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Post by steev on Apr 6, 2014 21:37:11 GMT -5
You are clearly blessed to have those hummers. The Anna's here in Oakland are much too pugnacious and territorial to flock together.
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Post by diane on Apr 6, 2014 22:02:27 GMT -5
That is amazing. I have five feeders up, all well separated from each other. We have never seen even two birds feeding at the same feeder. The Anna's chase each other away all year, and now the migratory Rufous have returned, so there are even more zooming birds claiming territory.
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 7, 2014 8:11:34 GMT -5
I've helped with many hummingbird bandings out here and it's interesting that the same birds will be found on the same day at the same feeder. I have a couple other larger gallon feeders (actually poultry drinkers), but this one apparently has more 'ambiance' because they drain it every couple of hours.   |
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Post by bunkie on Apr 7, 2014 10:10:12 GMT -5
I've helped with many hummingbird bandings out here and it's interesting that the same birds will be found on the same day at the same feeder. I have a couple other larger gallon feeders (actually poultry drinkers), but this one apparently has more 'ambiance' because they drain it every couple of hours. Great idea with the poultry waterer fw! We're still waiting for our hummers to return up here! |
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 7, 2014 11:24:42 GMT -5
bunkie it's certainly easier to clean and unbreakable. Also it allows the orioles and woodpeckers to drink. It only becomes a problem when the wildflowers peter out in the summer and the honeybees take over. That's when it gets moved to a tree away from the patio to feed bees and more regular hummingbird feeders come out.
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