Hummingbird in the garden

these are wonderful!
They are such fast little guys.

We had two females fighting over the one feeder the other day.. oh my what a dual …

Oh feeder has little posts for them to sit on and it is fun to watch them drinking the fake nectar. They are like those little bobbing bird things that they had years ago where they would drink from the glass ….

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I love hummingbirds. My parents have alot of them around their place. They are cool to watch. Thanks for posting this stuff, Bob!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I love the littler fellers too. This year we had two nests in our garden.

A shot I took of them in the sun.

I have some video of their first time flying too.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Cool photo John. Amazing how small they are.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Great pictures from both of you guys.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Thanks guys for posting the pics. My wife and I spend a lot of time on the patio watching the few birds that we get feeding at our feeders. I have seen 2 hummingbirds in the past 5 years (one actually only yesterday). They are here, we just never seem to catch them. Enjoyed yours Bob and Giz.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I’m another hummingbird guy – good stuff planted out back just for them. Had one fly by the side of my head this week – I could feel the air from it’s wings…shivers.

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

look at the babies’ beaks!! very cool.

Dorje, I had one hover by my ear once, as I was picking berries (beside a hollyhock flower) and I thought a helicopter was beside me..

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

yeah, the humming birds are great to watch, we have been feeding them for years, first in CA now in PA. I was amazed that they are up here in northern PA. I recently started feeding the local birds and now have a small war going on with the small squirrel division being backed up by a chipmunk brigade. I thought I had the upper hand until yesterday when I saw a squirrel sitting on the feeder again . We had them beat for several weeks. Before that a raccoon was a problem but I sent him to meet with his ancestors. The battle rages on :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

“where there’s a will.. there’s a way”
(that’s the motto of the squirrels and chipmunks!!)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great photos. I’m a bird person too. Only seen one hummer this year but have lots of doves and other birds around the house. Also, we have a few pet birds including these…

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Gotta love those hummers!! I have 6 feeders out all the time. As many as 12-20 battle over them all the time. Better duck sometimes though. They get real nasty protecting the feeders…

Jimmy

-- Jimmy

we “saved” a baby bird from the swimming pool yesterday.. poor little thing made its way half way around the pool and climbed onto the ladder while were trying to save it.
The little creature (we think it was a baby wren) was sooo tiny and had lost half of its tail feathers during the ordeal (or perhaps prior to the swim).

We left it panting high in a tree. An hour later it was gone. We know not where. (we didn’t see the cats licking their lips.. )

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)