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#348020 - 12/10/2011 22:31 Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
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Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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#348021 - 12/10/2011 23:43 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: tanstaafl.]
Ross Wellington
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Registered: 21/02/2006
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Wow!

What's in the feeder?

Do they fly off staggering? <grin>

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#348023 - 13/10/2011 01:59 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: Ross Wellington]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
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Wow, indeed!
It's like an Edgerton multiple exposure.
I count 9 birdies!
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#348034 - 13/10/2011 13:05 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: Ross Wellington]
tanstaafl.
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Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Originally Posted By: Ross Wellington
What's in the feeder?
Standard 4:1 mixture [by volume] of water and sugar.

We're having a rare tropical storm here, so it has been raining steadily for two days. I think the rain may be diluting the nectar in the flowers or something, making the feeder more desirable. The activity just before dawn is quite intense.

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#348035 - 13/10/2011 13:06 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: Robotic]
tanstaafl.
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Originally Posted By: Robotic
I count 9 birdies!

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#348037 - 13/10/2011 13:21 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: tanstaafl.]
Phoenix42
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Registered: 21/03/2002
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And here was I quiet excited to see just one in our yard this summer smile

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#348044 - 13/10/2011 15:00 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: Phoenix42]
hybrid8
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Loc: Toronto, CANADA
For both photos it almost seems plausible to suggest it's a single bird captured with multiple exposures. But wow, 14 birds! I don't think I've ever seen more than 3 hummingbirds together at any one time in person.
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#348048 - 13/10/2011 16:37 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: hybrid8]
tfabris
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Loc: Seattle, WA
The hummingbirds around here are fiercely territorial, will guard their claimed feeder, and actively try to dissuade their bretheren from feeding at it. I guess Doug's particular breed are better at sharing.
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#348049 - 13/10/2011 19:59 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: tfabris]
tanstaafl.
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Originally Posted By: tfabris
The hummingbirds around here are fiercely territorial, will guard their claimed feeder, and actively try to dissuade their brethren from feeding at it. I guess Doug's particular breed are better at sharing.
No, we have a few Bully Birds around here that chase the other birds away. But when there are a dozen or more really hungry birds on a rainy morning, the bully bird is overwhelmed and gives in to the inevitable.

In the afternoon when there are only three or four birds at a time, the bully bird reigns triumphant. Then, at dusk, just before the fruit bats take over, the hummingbird mob descends again and the bully bird waits his turn just like the rest of them.

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#348053 - 13/10/2011 23:59 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: tanstaafl.]
Taym
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Loc: Roma, Italy
I did think it was the same bird!! laugh
Wow!
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#348057 - 14/10/2011 01:12 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: Taym]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
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Loc: Manteca, California
I had to go read up on them after seeing these pics. The most surprising item was that their wings are rigid, having only the one joint.
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#348076 - 14/10/2011 18:29 Re: Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy [Re: gbeer]
jmwking
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Registered: 27/02/2003
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Loc: Washington, DC metro
My mother fed hummingbirds in a big way. She had six feeders on her porch at the farm, and would routinely have 15 or 20 birds flitting in and out. The bullies tried, but failed, to control them.

Once I had the feeders down for cleaning. I brought one feeder back out, held it in my hands and sat very still. In a few minutes, some of birds came back and sipped from the feeder. One even landed on my finger - I felt a small prick, but essentially no weight (as compared to the feeder's weight, anyway).

A very cool experience.

-jk

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