Wintering hummingbird update (1 Viewer)

bobky · Feb 16, 2004

She is still here. This may be the sharpest photo of her yet. Cheers,bob

http://home.insightbb.com/~bstaib1/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-637002.html

pduxon · Feb 16, 2004

That is stunning. I am sssoooo jealous

bobky · Feb 16, 2004

Thank you Pete. Sometimes I get lucky and get a good picture.Cheers,bob

pduxon said:
That is stunning. I am sssoooo jealous

Beverlybaynes · Feb 16, 2004

What a TERRIFIC picture, Bob! And I'm so glad to see the little girl is still around. Thanks so much for keeping us posted on her!

bobky · Feb 17, 2004

Beverlybaynes said:
What a TERRIFIC picture, Bob! And I'm so glad to see the little girl is still around. Thanks so much for keeping us posted on her!

Thanks Beverly. It has been fun;and, I hope it has been fun for you too.
Cheers,bob

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bobky · Feb 18, 2004

Good morning...cheers,bob

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Beverlybaynes · Feb 19, 2004

What a wonderful picture, Bob! She looks positively delighted to be posing for her breakfast!

I can't wait to see if she sticks around and picks up a mate!

amasara · Feb 19, 2004

I posted on another tread re: a book called A Hummingbird In My HOuse - by Arnette Heidcamp. She over-wintered a rufous in her greenhouse. Then I found a compliation of all her books called Hummingbirds - My Tiny Treasures on Amazon.com
My own experience with one that accidentally got inside my screened porch - I'd left the door open blocking its path to the h.feeder. It was frantically trying to fly out the screen. I went up to it and caught it in my hand (such a special feeling!) and took it outside to the feeder. It sat on my finger and drank and drank and then like a helicopter lifted off and flew away- fueled up!

peligirl · Feb 19, 2004

Two years ago I lived in East Tx, where in August thru- Oct that yr I had 100's of rub-throats and put out gallons of sugar water. All the neighbors would hang over their fence to watch and all their feeders were vacant.....I think I mixed extra zap in the mixture. Any way it was great and they just buzzed around me like bee's while refilled the feeders!

peligirl · Feb 19, 2004

Sorry, I meant ruby throated hummies!!!

bobky · Feb 19, 2004

Thanks Beverly, amasara and peligirl,

I wish we had a greenhouse

We have been using a 3 to 1 sugar water mix, plus another feeder with a mix of a commercial product used by zoos:Nektar Plus.
Having her winter over sure has been fun. I suggest everybody keep those feeders out late into fall. Cheers.bob

LzyPhotographer · Feb 20, 2004

I find that when I use bottled spring water, instead of tap water... my feeders become quite popular with the hummingbirds. ;-)

bobky · Feb 20, 2004

Hi,

We do the same with the bottled spring water

Cheers,bob

LzyPhotographer said:
I find that when I use bottled spring water, instead of tap water... my feeders become quite popular with the hummingbirds. ;-)

bobky · Mar 1, 2004

Our Rufous winter guest is still here on 1 March 2004. Cheers,bob

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Forcreeks · Mar 1, 2004

Nice slideshow on your wintering Rufous f. Bobky. Thanks... hummingbirds remain my favorites after all the other birds I've digiscoped... I think they're the most amazing and endearing too.

bobky · Mar 3, 2004

Hello Forcreeks,

Thank you. I'll bet you get many varieties of hummingbirds in Oregon. As you know, they are so tiny it is difficult to get a good picture without a big zoom or digiscope. Post some pictures here when you get some visitors. Cheers,bob

Forcreeks said:
Nice slideshow on your wintering Rufous f. Bobky. Thanks... hummingbirds remain my favorites after all the other birds I've digiscoped... I think they're the most amazing and endearing too.

Beverlybaynes · Mar 3, 2004

Bob, looking again at this splendid picture, I hope you'll enter it in March's photo comp! It seems like a winner to me! And with her posed so prettily on the MAN-MADE feeder, it surely fits the rules for this month!

Gee . . . I use 'way too many exclamation points, don't I?

gthang · Mar 3, 2004

Here's some of my dad's

Images were scaled down.

bobky · Mar 3, 2004

Hi gthang and Beverly,

Super pictures of those hummers;I really like the one on the right.

Thank you Beverly for your suggestion. To be honest I haven't looked at or even thought about March's contest. I will check into it.

Here is a picture from today that I think turned out nicely. Cheers,bob

http://home.insightbb.com/~bstaib1/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-663842.html

gthang · Mar 3, 2004

you talking about my dad's pics?

If so, he thanks you from the bottom of his heart...

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