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Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on June 27, 2020, 03:44 AM:
 
one of the season. A very bright Rufus male humming bird came into the feeder last night.
He didn't stay long and he was wild. But glad to know they do and will come to feeders up here.

Went by a house yesterday morning and I bet she had 6 or more of the 2 cup size feeder hung out along her porch.

Since we don't have quail up here and no cottontails on the place nice to have something new to watch. I will miss the lookout for not being able to watch the hummingbirds.
 
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on June 27, 2020, 04:42 AM:
 
Last season I must have had sixty pair easy this year more like six or eight pair. maybe antifa got on the way up or they are at KOKO's house.
But my cottontails abound from tea cup size to full grown. They are fun to watch and they have no fear of me I can walk outside and they don't scatter. Wish i could post pics.
 
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on June 27, 2020, 04:43 AM:
 
Amazing little creatures.

Down this way, bees taking over the feeders are a constant problem. Regular feeders are terrible and the regular 'bee proof' feeders only slightly less so.
The only feeders we've found that attract few bees are flat ones shaped like a plate.

A friend of mine put a trail camera on a feeder and got some really cool photos of bats getting a sip at night.
 
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on June 27, 2020, 07:11 AM:
 
we only get the little black and white bees sometimes called sweat bees and only a few ! How are you humming bird numbers down there ! As I said mine are much down from normal !

[ June 27, 2020, 07:13 AM: Message edited by: Paul Melching ]
 
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on June 27, 2020, 08:10 AM:
 
Not a lot but pretty normal for this time of year. Should start seeing more in a few months. We're somewhat rural here and about every fourth or fifth house has a feeder so we don't get the concentrations that you do up in the wilderness.
 
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 27, 2020, 09:05 AM:
 
I haven't even put them out this year.

edit: but question: How do you tell a Rufus from an Allen's?

edit: or ANY Female? Well, there is a white dot next to the eye on some.

[ June 27, 2020, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
 
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on June 27, 2020, 09:57 AM:
 
Rufus males have the hologram bright orange/red throat.
We get the Black chins and a couple others I think.
Will need to get the bird book out again.
 
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 27, 2020, 10:49 AM:
 
The two are virtually identical until you look at the rump, which is green on Allen's and rusty orange on the Rufus.

You can consider the Black throat to be the western equivalent of the Ruby throated, which is (I think?) the only hummingbird east of the Mississippi.

Can you imagine a bird that size flying all the way across the Gulf of Mexico twice a year to winter in southern Mexico? Non Stop!

Of states, I'm pretty sure that Arizona has the most varieties of hummingbirds. In California, at Lake Henshaw, I think they have a huge amount of Cottonwoods and in summer, the various hummingbirds are so thick you have to watch your step! Amazing concentration, and many different species.

The only bird that can fly backwards is? ko ko? Are you sleeping in class again?

Good hunting. El Bee
 
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on June 27, 2020, 02:53 PM:
 
The two birds that can fly backwards are the humming bird and the political shitbird.

[Big Grin] [Big Grin] [Big Grin] [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 28, 2020, 11:56 AM:
 
I'll have to ask you to go easy on the green grinning emoticons. They ain't free no more!

Thank you for your service! El Bee
 
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on June 28, 2020, 03:00 PM:
 
Well the little buggers better put their woolies on the next couple of days.
Weather peeps saying snow around 7400-7500 foot next couple of days.
 
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on June 29, 2020, 03:49 AM:
 
43* this morning and rain all night.
Had one little female come in last night in the rain.
We're in a winter snow advisory today. [Confused]
 
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on June 29, 2020, 04:09 AM:
 
Not supposed to get over 100* today !! [Big Grin]
Can't go outside, though, without smelling or seeing smoke from fires. [Eek!]

Wind's not blowing .............yet. [Big Grin] [Big Grin] [Big Grin] [Big Grin]

(It's OK El Bee, I got these on eBay [Razz] )
 
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 29, 2020, 07:38 AM:
 
Cross the street until it passes!

Why do I have to 'splain stuff like this, should be almost automatic to most normal folk? [Big Grin]

(less is more, see how that works?)

Good hunting. El Bee
 
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 29, 2020, 07:48 AM:
 
PS!

Yesterday, in neighbors yard, unless I was hallucinating? I saw a bird, looked like a sparrow of some sort, what the Birdwatchers call: "LBJ"
which is "Little Brown Job"

But anyway, this friggin' bird was hovering like one of those raptors, (like a Kite, maybe?) putting it in neutral, in the field before they pounce on a mouse. I'd think hummingbird but it was twice the size, so that don't explain it? Not exactly the same as flying backwards, but kinda hard to do, I think?

Good hunting. El Bee
 




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