bathing hummer

a few pics of a couple of hummers bathing.
Viv

another

getting into it

one more

and here is a Pileated WP.. checking things out

Viv

Great pix Viv. That hummer looks pretty waterlogged!

Wonderful shots Viv!!
Just love those hummers and you sure caught a fun series of shots.
That WP sure is a beauty. I have never seen one in person looks like they are a good sized bird.
Thanks for sharing

thanks, Kin they are big, biggest WP next to the Ivory-billed. They are about 12" to 14" tall. We are fortunate enough to have some in the woods nearby. Put up some pole feeders and you might attrack some.
Viv

This message was edited Jul 10, 2006 7:29 AM

Wow, Viv!

You do such a nice job of capturing those magic moments in the garden! Thanks for sharing these great shots.

Thanks Herpst, I always have my camra handy. Never know when something is waiting.

I tried that a few times but I'm kind of a messy gardener & the camera usually gets wet or covered with soil or something. LOVE the racoons. Especially since they are in a tree where they belong and not in someone's pond fishing for koi!

I'm afraid Momma got my one and only Koi, and every snail I had in the pond, earlier is the season.
The bandits are relocated now.
I hear you on the camera and gardening... I miss alot of shots having to go retrive it from the protected spot I had left it.. but it's usually close by.
Viv

Very great shots of the happy little hummer, Vizz. We have plenty of habitat for the pileated WPs too and when one flies over I always think an eagle is landing- they're so much larger than your average bird.

I love the racoons too, they are cute no matter if they kill fish or become pesky.

Lovely shots! :-)

Nice pics! I'll add one my DH took.

Cute Marion! A pack of masked marauders. Is that in a pool, or a tarp with water held in? I can't quite tell in what they are frolicking but it looks like they're having good fun.

So cute...
Viv

They are so cute! (When they aren't in my pond.) Great shots! I love the woodpecker. I would give a lot ot have one of those visit my yard. We have many flickers and little downy woodpeckers.
Yesterday I was enthralled as a Western Tanager visited the pond! What a beautiful bird!

Pixy - you are so lucky to have seen a Tanager! They are amazing & I used to have them visit my pond but then a neighbor had a HUGE and gorgeous pond/stream/waterfall put in her yard (8 feet deep/huge koi/professionally done) and now she sees tanagers but I don't. Oh well - it's a good thing that she's such a close friend!

Pooch, the tarp was over a hot tub. The hard pad that was normally over it had broken under the weight of snow the year before that. It had been raining, water had pushed the tarp down, and the family of raccoons that had lived under our deck for a few months decided it was their own personal spa :)
They are cute but mean as heck. We lost 2 cats to attacks and their poo supposedly has bacteria in it that is very bad should the elderly or young children come into contact with it.
That was a leased house and no more hot tub at the house we own. I don't miss it. Less neighbors stopping over unexpectedly with swim suit and towel lol!

Pixy I think you would have the PWP in your area, with all the large conifers over there. Put up a log feeder and I bet you would attrack some.. the Western Tanager is such a pretty bird,, bright colors. I saw a couple earlier this spring.. the pic is not a good one but the only one I could get.

Viv

Pretty Viv! We get the rare tanager out here too but only for a brief time before they move on.

Ah marionslaten, the covered hottub is a perfect playground for the visiting racoons. We used to live at a house with an inground pool. The hour we arrived to move in, two neighbor kids were at our front door with towels in hand " Can we swim?" Can you believe that? They practically lived at our house every summer which was fun for them. No more pool maintenance for me: I couldn't wait to move out. At least a hottub is a more manageable size, but still a lot of work.

I'm surprised we dont have the pileated woodpeckers, too. I think there are just better choices for them around here with all the wooded areas of Ft. Lewis close at hand. But i'll try the log feeder idea. I used to have one, but the nuthatches and small woodpeckers and flickers cleaned it out of suet almost daily. Pileateds would have a lot of competition around here.