I sure hope you like Humming Birds because I may get a little obsessive this spring with posts about them. The birds in the mountains are very different than at home. Firstly, they are much closer to you every day. Robins and Juncos are comfortable just a foot or two away from people. Secondly, the birds behave so differently than at home. The Robins are
aggressive and fight for food and places on the grass. Humming Birds are
extremely territorial and are almost as thick as bees in some bushes. Today our feeder became a place of warfare.
One bird came in and upset the entire feeding community. From then on each bird tried to force the other birds away from the feeder.
One would fly in and two would fly off. The sound is exactly like giant bumble bees.
They became so nervous that they would not land at all to feed but stayed airborn while they drank the sugar water. My inexpensive camera did a fair job of capturing these fast moving creatures. Click on the image to get a bigger picture. Stay tuned for more.... Art says that there is a green one that gets them all worked up. PS... I found out that the green ones are the females. No wonder they are in a tizzy.
One bird came in and upset the entire feeding community. From then on each bird tried to force the other birds away from the feeder.
One would fly in and two would fly off. The sound is exactly like giant bumble bees.
They became so nervous that they would not land at all to feed but stayed airborn while they drank the sugar water. My inexpensive camera did a fair job of capturing these fast moving creatures. Click on the image to get a bigger picture. Stay tuned for more.... Art says that there is a green one that gets them all worked up. PS... I found out that the green ones are the females. No wonder they are in a tizzy.
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amazing story ... communities of humming birds ... working to survive.
Thanks for the pictures.
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