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Jun 19, '08 10:58 AM
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I've been feeding hummingbirds for 13 summers.
They are very aggressive and usually will fight to have the feeder to themselves.
Rarely would two call a truce and dine together.
This summer groups of 3 have become more common.
This is my only shot of 4, taken yesterday. I had never even seen this before then.
THe shots of six were taken in late June.

Zoom in for a better look!

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aylajean wrote on Jun 19

great pic. Ed

stormlizard wrote on Jun 19

Very nice shot. I've got a set of photos of a lady feeding hummingbirds from her hand.

captainsensible wrote on Jun 19

Excellent Ed. I recently moved to a new house just outside of town and the one thing that I now have a lot of is birds. All different flavours too. It is great to wake up to bird song every day. I think I might just get one of those feeders as well.

sonxpro wrote on Jun 19

Thanks Ayla and John!

sonxpro wrote on Jun 19

captainsensible said

It is great to wake up to bird song every day. I think I might just get one of those feeders as well.

Yes, I get the bird singing throughout the day. Sun up and sundown is extra musical!
Between the chipmunks and humming birds, I can forgo the more needy pets [dogs, which I like]
Still waiting for the right cat to come along though they can be pretty demanding at times.

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captainsensible wrote on Jun 19

Where is Providence RI Ed? Is it on the right hand side?

sonxpro wrote on Jun 19

Yessa, 55 miles southeast of Boston.
I'm 25 miles west of Providence. My land borders on Connecticut.

sonxpro wrote on Jun 19

Jeez, I sound like a land baron.....its only 2 acres...teeny for this town, Foster,RI.

captainsensible wrote on Jun 19

So which one is your place? *grins*

sonxpro wrote on Jun 19

captainsensible said

So which one is your place?

More to the west On the Conneticut border near south killingly Rd and Kennedy RD

ullangoo wrote on Jun 19

I think the hummingbirds are affected by your peaceful energies, Ed.

It's a great picture - I'm fascinated by hummingbirds. We don't have them here, but we have a LOT of other birds. I live outside of town too. I even have birds of prey; I'm not sure what kind.

sonxpro wrote on Jun 19

ullangoo said

Thank you Ulla!

I had some sort of hawks nesting out back. have some video of the youngster poking around for food.
I would not be surprised if you had hummers in your neck of the woods.

Sometimes we mistake them for bees or such......or fairies! lol

ullangoo wrote on Jun 19

I think hummingbirds are found only in the Americas - am I wrong?

We have dragonflies as big, but I'm sure I can tell the difference. The fairies, on the other hand - hmmm. :-)

jerry1w2 wrote on Jun 20

I feed the Blue Jays and there are for of em hanging around the back yard one seems to be the boss. My cat likes to catch em but their getting smarter these days. Only got one humming bird.

sonxpro wrote on Jun 20

jerry1w2 said

Only got one humming bird.

You or your cat?

I got to hear your vid on youtube. sounds good. A lot like some of the bkues we used to play.

My friend Rich plays localy.I said the should call themselves "THe Blues Geezers" but the're niot that old.

http://www.myspace.com/sitdownbaby The drunker you get the better they sound!

stormlizard wrote on Jun 21

I always thought it was; "The drunker you are, the prettier the barmaid"

jerry1w2 wrote on Jun 21

That is a real good picture.

sonxpro wrote on Jun 21

jerry1w2 said

That is a real good picture.

Thanks, Jerry, I was a very lucky and rare shot for me.
So glad I caught it!

sonxpro wrote on Jun 21

Hey Cap, not one word about humming bird pie?

captainsensible wrote on Jun 21

sonxpro said

Hey Cap, not one word about humming bird pie?

lol. I like Hummingbirds.................filleted, fried and tossed through a nice advocado salad.

sonxpro wrote on Jun 21, edited on Jun 21

captainsensible said

lol. I like Hummingbirds.................filleted, fried and tossed through a nice advocado salad.

lmao!!!!!!!!!!

Or stuffed in a nice fat roast duck!

ullangoo wrote on Jun 21

You're on the right track, Ed, but they have to be marinated in wine, honey and garum first. Garum was used in ancient Rome and is basically the fluid you get when you let fish rotten.
Let's have an ORGEEEE!

sonxpro wrote on Jun 21

ullangoo said

Yeaaaaa! lets!
Th Vietnamese make that sauce - they call it Nuc mon if I remember right.

ullangoo wrote on Jun 21

Now I understand why someone tried to save Vietnam from the Vietnamese. Gag.

jerry1w2 wrote on Jun 21

All that sugar they consume would make them sweet to taste. lol

sonxpro wrote on Jun 24

Here are some exellent hummingbird videos!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nearfamous.com/Images/NearFamousWebImagesOptimized/VideoStills/AnnasHBFeeder.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nearfamous.com/Pages/HummingbirdVideo.html&h=415&w=518&sz=84&hl=en&start=5&sig2=Raj6jdWG4INoBMhAJWTT8w&um=1&tbnid=aT-Nxlv9XZrjnM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=131&ei=THdgSOOABomyeon0-MQO&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhummingbirds%2Bat%2Bfeeder%26ndsp%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GZAZ_enUS254US254%26sa%3DN

crystalinne wrote on Jul 2

That's an excellent shot. Good timing.

sonxpro wrote on Jul 2

crystalinne said

That's an excellent shot. Good timing.

Thanks, I have one shot of 6 hummingbirds that I have yet to post. Just been lucky this year!

zenav wrote on Jul 12

O' that's awesome! We used to have some that came here, but there are so many alley cats that came to flop here, I guess they don't take the chance anymore. I always loved to watch them. GREAT pix!

sonxpro wrote on Jul 12

Thanks, Zena! Glad tou like it!

I just shot some butterflys yesterday, posted 10 mins ago.

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