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Thu, Oct 19, 06 at 15:27
| I have been a lurker here for some time. I enjoy reading posts from all over about different hummers. My interest has been growing since we moved here. There are at least four different hummers that visit my yard. I planted many plants for hummingbirds when we completely redid our yard and I have two feeders too. I am including a link that shows one of "my" hummers. Because I am not an expert, I did my best to research, and I believe this is a male Anna's hummingbird. He stays in my neighbor's crepe myrtle next to our fence making his presence known if anyone invades his territory. Sometimes I can even hear his voice from inside my house. |
Here is a link that might be useful: shersflwrsca
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- Posted by beckygardener 9B (My Page) on Thu, Oct 19, 06 at 20:19
| Great photos! Beautiful hummer! What state do you live in? I live in Florida zone 9B. I've yet to see a hummer in the 40+ years that I have lived here. I'm hoping that changes as I, too, have planted several gardens in my yard for hummers! |
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| I live in Central California. My yard is small. I knew there were hummers because my neighbor has a feeder and I saw one right after we moved in. Our yard was a disaster area, so we took it down to bare dirt and started over. I got to choose all the plants. It was fun. |
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| We have a hummingbird who has chosen our porch, too! she chases other hummers away from our feeder and she sits on the little olive tree I have out there. I read that the females are not territorial, but she seems pretty clear about chasing other birds away from "her" feeder. This morning I woke up to find her asleep, perched on the feeder with her head leaning against it. I was worried about her, but when I moved, she flew off to her perch on the tree! |
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| Live in South Florida and had a very brief visit from hummer yesterday. Got about two inches from the nectar feeder, hovered for a few seconds and then backed off and flew away. Nectar was fresh so don't know what the problem was. |
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