WESTERN HUMMINGBIRDS - VOL 2

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Great photos dirt!

This little one is probably very young since there's hardly any coloring on her throat, but she was curious about me and kept coming up to the camera to see what the "clicking" was. I was laughing so hard and telling her to back up or I couldn't get a good picture. Finally she sat and drank a little, then she'd look up at me.

Female Rufous

Beautiful guys!

Great photos! I keep trying to think of new superlatives for your pictures!!

There were open perches to reach the food, but this little one just had to push its way in.

"One more time, that tasted good"

"Hey, that's about enough!"

Great pic, Duc, of the young bird.

Dirt, if you get more urges to show off other things in your garden besides your hummers, you might try the thread we are using:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/985936/

The Hummer population has picked up recently. I have three feeders set out and they have Hummers at them most of the time.

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A male Rufous coming in for a late evening sip.

"best I could do in the very low light conditions.

Great pics Adel
and love the little one Duc.
Anna female in satin-sheen.
(It was a mother's day dress-up, I think,
Happy Mother's Day a little late to all
eventhough everyday is.)

This is more artsy than detailed. A pair of callopies at my feeder in EWA

wow.... neat

MtnGirl- cool picture.
I want Callopies.
What's the secret?
Special ingredient in the nectar?
Sweet talking?
Special flowers?
I just know you're better looking than me, I hope that's not reason!
Else I have hummers with vision inadequacies.
or worse I hope its not the clothes your wear? I don't want to be caught in heels.

Waking up with a bad hair day.
I forgot the name of the ground cover.

Dirt, maybe several of the above......perhaps the shorts and halter top that I wear at the house in the picture--it is a vacation home on the Potholes Reservoir in Eastern Wa. where the sun shines a whole lot more than over here.
Do only use the sugar water recipe at both locations, and have usually one calliope male here in South Prairie, but later than the other varieties. I do have flowering quince in both yards. Don't know about the female, too hard for me to ID.
(Your bad hair may help attract them!)

The Tree Swallows are still building nests.

The male giving a helping hand .( or should that be a helping bill )?

( CRS has struck again, on the wrong thread again).

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^_^ glad you oops adelbertcat. I don't have those prettiful birds ^_^

adel -- me too. that face pic was suppose to go to the link by MtnGirl.

female anna in a light rain sipping.

bad pic but its a youngin and curious but a bit squeemish.
and its raining and I have a day off and I am not standing
outdoors to get a good pic. We NEED sun. I am a mushroom.

Dirt, I am with you. I had planned to get lots done in the yard and gardens today, but have spent the morning taking poor quality pictures through the windows. You can see my grosbeaks and band-tailed pigeons in Daily Pictures Vol 14.
It certainly has been a "birdy" day, however, and the hummers are almost constantly at both the front and the back yard feeders. Wonder if they are getting ready for eggs?

Hummer traffic has slowed down. Don't know if some of them left or they are on the nest.

(female Rufous? )

Shortly after posting the above,I went out on the front porch and there were several hummers trying to feed, but this male Rufous was running them off. I put up another feeder and.................

it wasn't long before there were hummers feeding from it.

l2

l3

Nice Adel. Love that last one. It must be so fun to see a couple kinds of hummers out there!

Nice pics! - on #12 and #13 you can see the slight notch on the second-from-middle tail feathers that proves they are Rufous not Allen's.

Resin

Some Sunset Sipping.

SSS 2

SSS 3

SSS 4

SSS 5

Excellent shots adel! I especially like 1,2,4 and 5.

Ditto from here! Beautiful.

Thanks.....I liked #1 the best, so now it's my wallpaper.