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Unfortunately, I don't have a pic to share, but on Saturday I was outside talking on my phone when I turned around and saw one about 6 feet from me. He flitted around watching me for about a minute then scooted off. It's funny because we had a feeder out for over a year and never saw one, then this character shows up out of nowhere.
Maybe it was a government drone in disguise...
Maybe it was a government drone in disguise...
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+1! I love humming birds, they are definantly the top fuel dragsters of the animal world, one of my favorite two, the second being Cuttle Fish, another truly amazing animal. An animal that can change color and texture.
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Fantastic photos Jim!! We see humming birds once in a while around our house. I'll try to remember to take a photo next time I see one.
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Wayne and I went to Portal, Arizona, earlier this year and stayed at Cave Creek Ranch (https://www.cavecreekranch.com/). Wayne took some pictures we liked:
We identified 5 different species during our trip. Fantastic place.
We identified 5 different species during our trip. Fantastic place.
Actually, there were seven different types of hummers there, but I had to look up most of the names we learned while visiting Portal. But we did get a bunch of good pics. of them:
Magnificent:
Broadtailed:
Rufus:
Broad Billed:
Another Magnificent:
Rarest Lucifer:
Black Chinned:
Blue Throated:
Another Lucifer:
They were the hardest to get a good shot of.
Broad billed again:
Broad tailed (I think):
Magnificent:
Broadtailed:
Rufus:
Broad Billed:
Another Magnificent:
Rarest Lucifer:
Black Chinned:
Blue Throated:
Another Lucifer:
They were the hardest to get a good shot of.
Broad billed again:
Broad tailed (I think):
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Twenty some years ago, my wife and I lived at a lighthouse on the southern Washington coast. We had two humming bird feeders by the kitchen windows. I counted 35 humming birds one day all trying to feed with others sitting various shrubs. We went through two quarts of feeder mix a day. When the feeders went dry or nearly empty the humming birds would look in through the kitchen windows and chirp. Many times I had the birds landing on my head or the feeders as I was filling them. I will see if I can find some the pictures or videos that we took.
Nice pictures everybody.
Nice pictures everybody.
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Man already has, ever heard of the Saturn V? Id rank that a bit over a humming bird any day
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Government drone! :lol: They fly close to me sometimes, and they'll also fly down and look at my dog and cat. Just curious, I guess.
That cuttlefish is amazing!
Thanks! If you have flowers around, they're attracted to a lot of different ones.
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I've heard about that place. Wayne got some awesome photos! The girls at work pitched in and got me a great book about hummingbirds, but I've only ever seen one or two different species here.
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Wow, lived at a lighthouse? Must have been gorgeous there! Sounds like you had an incredible amount of hummers. The most I've ever counted here at one time was 9.
I used to see hummingbird moths when I was a kid. Haven't seen one in years. They sure are pretty!
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Man already has, ever heard of the Saturn V? Id rank that a bit over a humming bird any day
Just because it was bigger, doesn't make it better or more amazing. Could the Saturn V hover or fly backwards? I realize that helicopters can do both those things, but hummingbirds don't need a machine to do it.
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What in the world kind of flower is that?? Never seen a bug like that either.
When I was a kid, a tiny hummingbird got in the house... I thought it was an unusually large bug and nearly killed it with a flyswatter before I got close enough to realize what it was...
Later! OL JR
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What in the world kind of flower is that?? Never seen a bug like that either.
When I was a kid, a tiny hummingbird got in the house... I thought it was an unusually large bug and nearly killed it with a flyswatter before I got close enough to realize what it was...
Later! OL JR
[SIZE=]That actually looks like a moth, we don't have humming birds around here but we do get these giant moths, especially around our night blooming jasmine, and moon flowers.[/SIZE]
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