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Recent content by jenny_in_SE_PA

  1. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    You know it's a shame that the JBs were so bad over here this year that they were literally swarming all over plants they don't normally munch on. I doubt the poor cardinals would have been able to keep up with them. :eek!:
  2. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    Now if they could only eat those Japanese Beetles! :'D But then I guess those are too big! :eek!: |:P|
  3. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    When I watched her during the earlier feeding session, she did open her beak several times including to actually snap up the bug. However she distinctly flicked her tongue out during the time when she was positioning herself near the insects... Almost like a snake. Ie., she would partially...
  4. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    Well that's cool to know about that nectar reserve in the crop. They do burn alot of energy with all the zipping around! :eek!:
  5. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    When I was watching her early this morning, she was perched and she flicked her tongue while sitting. Then she went into action and rose up under the insects and alternately flicked her tongue and opened her beak to snap them up. It was cool to watch... From what I gather, the tongue is...
  6. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    Well you know, less than an hour ago, I was watching the chasing going on and managed to get a shot of the feeding (the below is a closeup of the whole shot, with a yummy bug visible that's about to buy the farm): I confirmed it was my female again and in between all the chasing, she grabbed...
  7. jenny_in_SE_PA

    Ruby-throated hummer observations

    For those who don't know me here, I live on the 18th floor of a hi-rise apartment building in the city, right on the border with a surrounding suburb. I've been in this apt. for 11 years and over that time have filled my 40ft long NE-facing balcony with a number of permanently containerized...
  8. jenny_in_SE_PA

    HummerToons . . .

    LOL Frank! :'D I should send you my 2 juvie males to take out those Rufous! But then maybe they already did! ;)
  9. jenny_in_SE_PA

    HummerToons . . .

    Thanks for the welcome Vernab! |:d|
  10. jenny_in_SE_PA

    HummerToons . . .

    Hey Sarah... I'm ecstatic to have a few at the same time now and hope they all remember the gourmet food here! |:P| No - haven't seen (or at least caught a pic of) what I thought may have been a rufous. Initially I was thinking it was the same bird as the one in my avatar, which appears to...
  11. jenny_in_SE_PA

    HummerToons . . .

    Thanks for the welcome! |8)|
  12. jenny_in_SE_PA

    HummerToons . . .

    First post on this forum and glad to see the gang's all here! :hi: :t: And also glad to see another balcony gardener who has been attracting hummers like me. Hard to believe that it is possible but it is! I even saw 3 at the same time yesterday afternoon before the chasing began in earnest...
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