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Sun, May 6, 07 at 12:33
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- Posted by down2earth (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 07 at 12:45
| I love seeing all the pictures you guys post. We are not in an area that gets a lot. We may have 5 or so in the summer but they are always fighting in spite of extra feeders so I never see more than 1 feeding at a time. The only time I have seen a large number of hummers was when we were in the cloud forest of Costa Rico. What a wonderful sight! |
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- Posted by tracey_nj6 6 (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 07 at 16:30
| Whoa! That's awesome. I also get about 5 regulars and they're always fighting too, despite having 2 feeders. They always feed one at a time too :( |
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- Posted by kristin_williams Z6 SW PA (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 07 at 23:39
| I count 11. Wow! I never see nearly that many--certainly not at one time. I think I had at least 4 last year--an adult male, and adult female, and two babies. It's possible there were more, but they didn't tend to come swooping in all at the same time. There was a little bit of quarreling at the feeder, but it was always between just two birds. Did you always have that many, or did the numbers gradually build over the years? |
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| Most of the birds in the photo are females, and they have their squabbles, too. The thug males have been lured to other parts of the yard by using several small feeders. It seems to reduce the fighting a lot. I've added another feeder at this station, the 16 ports weren't enough during the early morning and late afternoon feeding frenzies. Kristin: I've been feeding 'em for about 15 |
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- Posted by hummersteve Indy (My Page) on Wed, May 9, 07 at 9:59
| Great pics. Looks like reunion time at the feeders. Its nice to see more flying in to join the fiesta. I notice all females except the one on the left feeder that appears to have a dark throat but could be shadow. I dont have that many during the summer, but there are times in the evening when I see 3 or 4 perching and eating together. Last summer I averaged about 6 untill the babies came along. |
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| Thanks, hummersteve. Here is another pic, this one with 7 girls and a boy. Everything seems so peaceful without a pack of show-offy boys hangin' 'round.
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| that is such a cool pic i wish i had that many hummers i started feeding them last summer and i waited and waited imptiatently for the lil rascals to show this spring and now i have at least 2 males coming to the feeder . Zeke |
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- Posted by hummersteve Indy (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 07 at 21:32
| About the only time I can count on seeing any right now is between 8:30 and 9pm, but I did see my first female today I hope things start to look up now. |
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- Posted by hummersteve Indy (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 07 at 22:37
| ctnchpr I have to keep coming back and looking at your pictures, they look so peacefull and for the fact that my regulars arent back yet and Im lonely for them. |
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