WESTERN HUMMINGBIRDS VOL 3

Methodical, hummers check and recheck where they found food.
I move a feeder from the south side of the house to the north when
its more summer-like to keep the feeder cooler and the little sippers
just circle around and can't believe the 24 hr fastfood outlet just
disappeared and like some miracle reappeared on the other side.
I do take down my real big feeder for the summer and put it back up
for autumn and early winter. Good luck and hope they visit.

This one doing a U turn, almost blended in to the scenery.

Duc and Dirt, it did return I saw it briefly this evening. I had to move the feeder away from the others to give it a little more privacy, but it's till near where once was so that the hummer will find it. The other birds scared it off.

Thanks

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Meth, it will be persistent and return. Believe me, my Rufous hummers have always been tough little ones. The larger birds may scare them off, but they just fly to a tree or bush and wait for the other bird to leave the feeder.

Dirt, cute pictures. my guess is that you have a female Rufous there. By the way, I liked you hyssop so much that I ordered a similar one for my yard.

Nice pics dirt!

We've had hail once but not anything like seen on the news.

cool Meth hope you have a happy season with them.

Watering and holding a camera in low gray light and got this
one needing a shower.
Actually got a fantail shot by accident, not good but at least one.

sipping some water, bad pic, but cute.
Stuff we see all the time, hardly shown

a fantail shot, sortof,
someday want one like adel and duc have shown.
Duc, easy to grow and forgot I had them there,
last year there was a bambi problem who ate everything
that grew night after night, Stuck in statis, larkspur and
stock, so mildly surprised to see it up and getting established.
Put in a fence, a long one, that has solved the deer problem,
and now rabbits -- too many to be cute. I stopped the coyotes
from getting them now I have to run rabbit fencing against the
deer fence. There is a smorgas (sp) board out there but they
are coming in and just ravaging the ground cover, carnations,
and more.
Pelle grad you didn't have to shovel. Think ya'll getting our
rainy season.
gotto go, enjoy the day

Love those colors on the Rufous. You're so lucky out there to get different kinds.

Mrs. Ed -- every hummingbird is a beauty.
It rained, finally.

just like corn on the cob with this delphy

sitting pretty

think its taking in the shower

gone for the weekend,
have great days.

Dirt, your delphy is so beautiful and the hummers sure seem to love it too. Cute pictures. I'm still not sure if that's a female or an immature male Rufous. So far, I'm betting on a female, but hymmmm. We'll have to keep an eye on it. Shower??? You're so lucky. The hummers love showers.

Here's a happy little guy, an Anna's.

And, a cute female Anna's.

Have a good weekend Dirt and everyone else.

You are right, Dirt. But since I only get the fall migration of just one kind of hummingbird, I still say that you are lucky to get different kinds out west.

Very nice ones guys!

Lots of activity at the feeder now days.

some of them appear to be juveniles.

Good ones adel! Love the juvie Rufous!

Great pictures Adel!

One of my Anna's.

Time for some more Rufous (juvies I think)

h2

h3

Nice ones adel and duc!

Nice Anna Duc,
pretty Rufuos, Adel.

here's one trying to sit on a delphinium bud to get to an open one.
lousy pic, but the little critter tried 3-4 times to perch.

concentrating on the hyssop

they sure like hyssops

and here's looking at you, kid

and the last one, a fairly good closeup,
not as good as you two, but happy for me.

Nice pic dirt.

Thanks, here's an Anna female, I think hanging around a small
rhodie

same one, but a little bit grumpy hopefully
not at me.

Very nice pics dirt!

Cute hummers and flowers Dirt!! That last little female looks so sweet.

One of my young Anna's.

This guy was sunning himself.

Love the full red hood.

Wonderful pics duc!

Love all of the pictures, you guys. My feeders are very busy these days, also, but my lighting is bad for photos (and my point and shoot can't do them justice like your cameras can.)

Saw my first Hummingbird today. It caught me unprepared to snap a photo, I was outside, camera was inside. It was just before I left to run an errand. It was at my clear fluid feeder. I think it was a Ruby-throated female.

So far I've seen nothing at my red fluid feeder.