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Hummingbirds in the Garden; and maybe elsewhere
Topic Started: Sep 17 2012, 02:38 PM (1,401 Views)
Trotsky
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I'm all ENVIOUS!
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Dana
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I am certainly envious of the last garden in this linked thread. At the very end is a series of pics with the names of the plants tagged onto them. Previously in that thread the pics were without tags plus other gardeners' images and lists of hummingbird gardeners' plants.
It is a hummingbird garden to die for, in the UK where there are no hummingbirds but some gardeners who are lovers of salvia. Many of the names in the tagged pics are of salvias tho that part of the name is not mentioned.
Though there is a lot of colour in the photos many of the hummies faves are small flowered and not very colourful en masse in the garden.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/salvia/msg081656345395.html
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WOW- Thanx Dana. Now that I have an iPad, I can take that last group of photos out to my garden and see if I can identify the salvias for which I lost the tags!
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Here's a video news clip on their winter hummingbirds that I think originates in Pennsylvania.
http://www.wgal.com/news/entertainment/Why-are-hummingbirds-still-hanging-around/-/9360122/18199906/-/s51hey/-/index.html
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Lovely pictures of Hummingbirds, and great information.
Thanks.

I love hummingbirds, and fed them all winter long when we went to Arizona for Jan, Feb and March.
As of Jan. 13th last year, I am now no longer able to go due to health issues.

We live in the South East Kootenays of B.C., and there are no hummingbirds that come to our feeders.
Wondering if maybe we are not on their migration path.
I sure miss the little fellows.

Dana you have great pictures,
again, Thank you for sharing.
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Here's a link, live feed, to a nest with 2 young Allen's hummingbirds in it. Looks like they will soon fly off. The nest is located in Irvine, California. "Phoebe" is a Channel Islands Allen Hummingbird which doesn't migrate
The Anna's around here are soon going to start nesting. I hear the single territorial whistle the males make with their tail feathers as they dive from on high more often now.

http://www.phoebeallens.com/
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I give up....again! cannot find the way to embed videos, yet. tips anyone???


Here's a youtube clip of a male Anna's hummingbird singing in the back garden recently. I'm out there more now, repotting plants for them, getting a head start so I won't be too busy come the real Spring. The males are at the height of their beauty as it is breeding and nesting season. I happened to be in the right spot to get good colour. They are singing to declare territory and having little chase flights squabbling with noisy chips and squeaks. There's another feeder on the other side of the house so really there's no need for skirmishing. Sometimes I think they do it for fun as there's lots of food (insects), witnessed by that bulging crop. It has been a mild and easy winter for them this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdHiVnige58
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And they say females talk a lot. Is he trying to attract a female? Don't know much about them, except that I did see some knock out drag out fights between them at the house of a friend at Lac Cardinal in Northern Quebec. Like you said, he had many feeders and there was lots to eat. I always though they were descendants of Genghis Khan.
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Edited by Dana, Feb 22 2013, 06:22 AM.
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This is a fave YouTube, a hummingbird story.

Edited by Dana, Feb 25 2013, 02:52 PM.
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That is so cute, how did he get a baby?
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It's a rescued bird that he later let go. A good thing as it seems to exhaust the lad.
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Loved it, Dana. I bet that hummingbird will stick around a long time. I rescued an adult that flew into my garage and got trapped in a window well two years ago and it still visits me when I am out working in the garden. It hovers over my shoulder and occasionally lands for a few minutes. I cannot be absolutely it is the same bird, but I like to think it is.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XI3akAf45yg&list=WL80BA21143A9A51CD

A link to it.

As well a link to a mummy hummy sitting on eggs. Due to hatch any day now.
http://phoebeallens.com/
Edited by Dana, Feb 27 2013, 01:51 PM.
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