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Post by woodyz on Sept 26, 2018 15:06:48 GMT -7
Just an observation.
Before what was left of last weeks hurricane went through here we had hummingbirds hitting our 2 feeders every few minutes. During July and August we would have to replace the "juice" every week.
Now it seems like none are here, but I do see one every so often.
The finches and cardinals have increased on the bird feeders, but the hummingbirds are gone.
I was hoping they would stay longer but I guess they go further south.
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Post by angelhelp on Sept 26, 2018 17:23:31 GMT -7
Our local Tractor Supply had hummingbird feeders on clearance, so I bought one in hopes that we’ll see a few. Squirrels were our first feeder customers here in SD but bluejays were the first avians. As of today, I’ve finally begun to see a few of the usual denizens of suburban feeders: mounring doves, house sparrows, song sparrows, slate-colored juncoes, and a new one for me - some sort of warbler I think, possibly a Tennessee warbler. He/she was a tiny little thing (made the sparrows look huge), bathing in the puddle at the edge of our driveway (along with what seemed like half of the town’s avian population). I couldn’t detect any facial markings; the body was all olive green with a lighter area somewhere under and behind the wings (back a bit from the armpits) and another from the chin down the breast, but these lighter areas were merely paler, nothing approaching white or gray. With all our books still completely disorganized, I had to use identify.whatbird.org and am still not 100% convinced of the identification.
Meantime, the monarch butterflies continue their migration. Our realtor told us that we’re smack dab in the migration path and he must be right because I’ve never seen so many in my life.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Sept 28, 2018 11:41:23 GMT -7
Hummingbirds are one of God's most colorful and entertaining creatures. What's not to like about them.  |
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Post by marc on Sept 28, 2018 16:52:49 GMT -7
Hummingbirds are one of God's most colorful and entertaining creatures. What's not to like about them.
Agree! This goes way back, but I used to invest the time to get them comfortable around me. They learned to recognize my bright red shirt and straw hat. It got where a few would would hover in front of face when I came put to refill the feeders. They were particularly fond of a large Fuchsia that I cultivated. It was not uncommon to have this particular one land on my hat.
This little one was my buddy until I moved.
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Post by woodyz on Sept 28, 2018 20:12:34 GMT -7
One of our feeders is on the back deck and it took a while before the would come to it while we were out there. But they got used to us and even the cat. When they come right up to you and hover its almost like they are wanting to ask a question or something and their wing noise is like a steady throbbing.
When a male dives on a female from way above it does sound like a miniature plane making a dive bomb because of the frequency changes they make as park of their courting.
I never get tired of watching them
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Post by cajunlady87 on Sept 30, 2018 15:00:21 GMT -7
Hummingbirds are one of God's most colorful and entertaining creatures. What's not to like about them. Agree! This goes way back, but I used to invest the time to get them comfortable around me. They learned to recognize my bright red shirt and straw hat. It got where a few would would hover in front of face when I came put to refill the feeders. They were particularly fond of a large Fuchsia that I cultivated. It was not uncommon to have this particular one land on my hat.
This little one was my buddy until I moved. A pity you had to leave your buddy behind. Obviously you two were great buddies, it's like it posed for you in that pic. |
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