I saw a hummingbird.

[Powermoloch]

sweet pics !

 

[xCxStylex]

My parents have had a feeder my entife life, and wow are they vicious to each other.

I wish they realized that the feeder is never going to be empty and if they could just share :[

It's been extremely rare, but there have been two hummingbirds eating from the feeder at the same time. Perhaps they were friends or mates. Usually, they chase each other away though :[

Also, sometimes, the damn yellow jackets go for the feeders and we have to kill them because they scare the birds -_-

They are highly competitive little things. Watch them fight over a feeder or a flowering plant. They'll fight till one just gives up and zooms away. We have a group of ruby throated hummingbirds that often spar with each other trying to get to the butterfly bush. Occaisionaly they take the fight to the ground. Mean little suckers!

 

[zinfamous]

I love blue jays. There are a couple of them residents among the various birds that live around here. They really like to move.

I have a feather of one that I use as a bookmark in my Bible.

blue jays are definitely pricks.

we have a decent number of humming birds in our neighborhood. I often see 1-3 of them daily. Actually saw one sitting on a low-hanging cable the other day. Weird, as I only ever see them zooming about.

If your humming bird population is low, you can hang a single feeder, or better yet, an attractive plant, and perhaps one male will show up and spend the rest of the year vigorously defending his new-found food source from various other male hummingbirds. Stick in another feeder so the little guy can actually eat ...

 

[AnonymouseUser]

My parents have had a feeder my entife life, and wow are they vicious to each other.

I wish they realized that the feeder is never going to be empty and if they could just share :[

It's been extremely rare, but there have been two hummingbirds eating from the feeder at the same time. Perhaps they were friends or mates. Usually, they chase each other away though :[

Also, sometimes, the damn yellow jackets go for the feeders and we have to kill them because they scare the birds -_-

I used to put a feeder out every year, and have seen several feeding at once. They don't always fight.

Also, I've had one land on my finger to feed. It takes a lot of patience, but if you sit very still near their feeder for a few days you can gain their trust. Eventually get closer and closer, careful not to move much when they are around, then hold the feeder in your hand. Hold your finger out so they can perch and you might get lucky.

 

[Azraele]

Cool pics Boomer.

They're neat little birds.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Hummingbirds are cool. Earlier this summer I was on a walk and heard a buzzing sound. I saw what appeared to be a very small hummingbird feeding from some flowers. It was strange since there's only one species of hummingbird in Minnesota and it's much larger than what I saw. Turns out it was a species of moth that moves exactly the same way as a hummingbird.

 

[blinblue]

I must agree with the coolness of Hummingbirds. I took these shots at the Chicago Botanic Gardens

 

[joesmoke]

i was lucky enough to get to watch one bathe in the leaves of my dwarf lemon after i watered about a week ago. ive seen them stopped before, but never seen them slowly beating their wings while rubbing themselves all over a leaf. it was quite a sight.

 

[DrPizza]

We have several species of the little hummers around here.

I keep one feeder full of "kool-aid" for them plus I have 2 butterfly bushes, tons of "bee balm" and several other plants that attract them.

"Kool-aid" - it looks like kool-aid in the fridge too. Imagine you've been working outdoors for a couple hours in 90 degree temperatures. Your clothes are dripping from perspiration. You head to the kitchen, pour a big glass of "kool-aid" and chug about half the glass before your taste buds register "that ain't kool-aid" GAGGGGG!

 

[TheTony]

"Kool-aid" - it looks like kool-aid in the fridge too. Imagine you've been working outdoors for a couple hours in 90 degree temperatures. Your clothes are dripping from perspiration. You head to the kitchen, pour a big glass of "kool-aid" and chug about half the glass before your taste buds register "that ain't kool-aid" GAGGGGG!

They're both sugar water - Oh, yeah!

 

[Kadarin]

My parents (in the Bay Area) feed them, and it's gotten to the point where there's practically a swarm of them in their yard. It's not unusual to see ten of them flying around the feeder at once. And yeah, they're damned vicious.

When I was a kid we had blue jays there too, but not so much anymore. It all seems to be crows nowadays, and I hate those damned things.

 

[BoomerD]

"Kool-aid" - it looks like kool-aid in the fridge too. Imagine you've been working outdoors for a couple hours in 90 degree temperatures. Your clothes are dripping from perspiration. You head to the kitchen, pour a big glass of "kool-aid" and chug about half the glass before your taste buds register "that ain't kool-aid" GAGGGGG!

I don't keep the hummingbird juice mixed up in advance, so that's not a problem for me, but other than being very sweet and no other flavor, I can't see what it'd hurt.

My parents (in the Bay Area) feed them, and it's gotten to the point where there's practically a swarm of them in their yard. It's not unusual to see ten of them flying around the feeder at once. And yeah, they're damned vicious.

When I was a kid we had blue jays there too, but not so much anymore. It all seems to be crows nowadays, and I hate those damned things.

We have quite a few blue jays around here as well. Not as mean and aggressive as the ones I remember as a kid. Different species of "blue jay."

 

[KK]

I once caught one in my parents garage growing up. we didn't have a feeder or anything like that up for them, and usually didn't see them awhole lot. Not sure why he got into the garage, but I made sure to trap him in there by closing the garage door. I grabbed the fishing net off the boat and netted the poor little thing. got him out of the net, took him outside and let him go. was pretty neat holding one, light as can be.

 

[BoomerD]

I once caught one in my parents garage growing up. we didn't have a feeder or anything like that up for them, and usually didn't see them awhole lot. Not sure why he got into the garage, but I made sure to trap him in there by closing the garage door. I grabbed the fishing net off the boat and netted the poor little thing. got him out of the net, took him outside and let him go. was pretty neat holding one, light as can be.

And that's the closest MOST ATOT'ers ever get to getting a hummer...