Bird Watching: 2014 Ruby-Throat Hummingbird Migration, 3 by pollengarden

pollengarden wrote:
The aggression in a tiny package is a surprise, but so is the noise. They like to cuss, and can cuss loud when necessary.

I have a motion activated game camera. I have used it on birds as small as as sparrows, finches, juncos - but it usually takes more than 1 bird to trigger it (photo 2). No luck with Hummingbirds so far. I had it set up in July for several days when the hummingbird feeder was busy, & all I got was a juvenile oriole (photo 1).

So I moved it up into the mountains for a few weeks. I discovered that I had to set the distance very carefully to get it work right. (3 was too close, 4 about right) I decided to try it on Hummingbirds again, but I didn't retrieve it from the mountains until yesterday. No Hummingbird pictures so far today.

PS: After three days of setting and rechecking my motion camera, I still don't have any Hummingbird photos. They must just be too small and too fast for my type of camera - I guess I will have to get one of those that can handle the shorter focal distance.

This message was edited Sep 13, 2014 4:45 PM