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    True or not?

    Quite a while ago in a bookstore I read in a book that Anna's Hummingbirds did not arrive in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley (or was it even California?) before the 1950s. It would make sense if you consider that their main nectar source here are garden or other landscaping flowers and eucalyptus...
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    Perching on my bicycle...

    Yesterday the current owner of our balcony (and the feeder on there) perched on the basket of my bicycle for at least 15 minutes. I know it sounds silly, but somehow I was really proud... It was pouring quite heavily here yesterday, so probably he (a gorgeous adult male Anna's) was looking for a...
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    Leucistic Hummingbird?

    1 week ago at Beatty's in Miller Canyon, AZ we were able to sometimes watch this hummingbird which was brighter than all the others. I was not firm in IDing by than, so I did not think it was something special until I worked through our pictures and our guide and could not find any match to an...
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    Canon 20D can take a lot...

    Certainly without attempting this, I recently checked the stability of my new 20D... It was mounted on an old, too lightweighted tripod (extended to at least 5 feet height), and I wanted to go a few steps apart, when I touched the tripod with my camera bag and it tipped over... The camera...
    • MBP
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canon
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    Which tripod/head???

    Sorry to probably post this question for the 26746526736th time, but after screenig through some of the posts here I am left more confused than before - there seem to be many more possibilities than I have ever dreamed of. O.k., so this is my problem: We have recently purchased the Canon 20D...
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    Sick Bird?

    I do not know if I am right here, of course this is an American Robin. What I would like to know, is this bird sick because of those spots on his bill? Or is it just muddy? (I like this explanation more, but it does not look like that...) Any ideas? Thanks, MBP
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    A Nest!!!

    Hi everybody, I need to share this, although some might be a bit jealous ;) ;) : A female Anna's hummingbird has built a nest _just_ in front of our bedroom window :'D :'D ! I discovered that last saturday, when the nest was still just a small patch about the size of my thumbnail on a...
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    Scent is unimportant for hummingbirds

    Hello everybody, There is a new scientific article which confirms the supposition that hummingbirds find their flowers mainly by sight, not by scent. Unfortunately, the article is not available for free, but here is the abstract: Trends in floral scent chemistry in pollination syndromes...
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    Pros and cons for digital photography/new equipment?

    Hi everybody, Judging from the posts I have read (only a small portion of course), most people, especially the more advanced, are using digital cameras. I have never tried that, and I am still not really convinced, although I clearly see some of the advances. But apart from all biases (esp...
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    Do female hummingbirds sing also?

    Now that we have put up a feeder additionally to the plants, an immature male Anna's Hummingbird has mainly taken over the balcony and attacks any other hummingbirds who try to drink from the feeder and often sits on a tree nearby and sings (or rather rasps). At least this was what I thought...
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    Tips for very short birding trip to Mexico?

    Hi, we are currently living in California (although Germans) and are very fond of Hummingbirds (a female Anna's visits our balcony plants every morning for breakfast :-)))). Because of an expiring and new applied passport, we will have to leave the country and re-entry in the beginning of...
    • MBP
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mexico
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