tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post2479863594632799153..comments2024-03-24T00:01:00.698-05:00Comments on The New Sixty: DID YOU KNOW ??? HUMMINGBIRD FACTSArkansas Pattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-75193012684189067622009-07-19T05:14:59.894-05:002009-07-19T05:14:59.894-05:00OOLOH
Thanks, I also learned a lot about the littl...OOLOH<br />Thanks, I also learned a lot about the little charmers. Just love the internet.<br />I will definitely check out your archives. If that plant will grow here, I will try it.<br /><br />Gee Betsy, I'd be glad to share. They have reached "herd" status here. They are so much fun to watch.<br /><br />Linda Starr,<br />I didn't know that either about the praying mantis but Abe Lincoln at the Backyard Birds blog says he has seen a picture of the dirty deed.<br />After I read the article, I am not sure now if the dive bombing is defending territory or mating. With most birds it is hard to distinguish between the two acts.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-91341355937517263662009-07-19T02:12:36.489-05:002009-07-19T02:12:36.489-05:00I didn't know a praying mantis would eat a hum...I didn't know a praying mantis would eat a hummingbird, must have been an awfully large mantis. I have lots of hummingbirds here since I grow a lot of butterfly bush (buddleia), salvia, and lantana which they seem to love. I love to watch them do their dive bomb acts defending their territory.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-91616715915306605412009-07-18T22:44:16.337-05:002009-07-18T22:44:16.337-05:00Thanks Patti for the Hummer Education.. I had read...Thanks Patti for the Hummer Education.. I had read all of this in past--but a reminder is nice. I'm sorry that I don't have many hummers this year. I saw ONE today--and that's all. I usually have a big bunch... (Think you stole all of mine this summer!!! ha ha)<br /><br />Glad you got to see a fledgling. I've never seen one.<br />Have a great Sunday.<br />Hugs,<br />BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-60217211428252742032009-07-18T19:00:22.505-05:002009-07-18T19:00:22.505-05:00Oh this was wonderful, My Dear....I learned a lot ...Oh this was wonderful, My Dear....I learned a lot of things I did not know! In the summer of 2007, I took probably 1000 pictures of the Hummingbirds that visited two plants of mine that were flowering profusely....The Necter of these abundant flowers started dripping before the flowers opened...And,the flowers lasted for a very long time....I have never seen so many Hummigbirds on a daily basis---all day every day----EVER before in my life! I LOVE them! I am in awe of them more now, having read your post, than ever before!<br />There were lots of Hummingbords posts which you might enjoy....If memory serves--it would be July and August of 2007 and quite a few posts after that, too....!<br />Thanks Patti...This was Great!OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-12549905797409809932009-07-18T17:30:34.139-05:002009-07-18T17:30:34.139-05:00Linda
You got me curious so I googled banding. Saw...Linda<br />You got me curious so I googled banding. Saw some amazing pictures. You were so lucky to see it in person. Now I will be checking my little ones for bands.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-91108061131997200482009-07-18T15:41:36.463-05:002009-07-18T15:41:36.463-05:00We went to San Angelo, Texas one time to watch the...We went to San Angelo, Texas one time to watch them band Hummingbirds for migration statistics. Let me tell you, those were tiny little bands. It was all very interesting.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-49663695534080785822009-07-18T12:55:37.666-05:002009-07-18T12:55:37.666-05:00nitwit
Glad to know a pro can't stop those win...nitwit<br />Glad to know a pro can't stop those wings either. <br />Looking forward to your post. Always nice to pick someone elses brain after they do all the leg work.<br />I'll check Ernst's site though I'm sure I can't afford him either if he isn't free.<br /><br />Abe,<br />I was really surprised about the praying mantis though I hear they are very quick.<br />Will check out your site. 10000 visitors in any amount of time is an achievement.<br /><br />Pat,<br />I'd gladly send you a few of mine. They are keeping me running with the nectar. Hope that one lone female isn't being bombed by both males.<br /><br />Dianne<br />Thanks so much for stopping by. I really appreciated your tribute to a man most of us thought of as a grandfather or even father figure. We did trust that man.<br /><br />robin,<br />You know they really are rather insect like. I was a bit amazed by some of the facts. Much more to them than meets the eye.<br /><br />kenju<br />I see we think alike. I often thought it would be fun to hover like they do but not wild about being a single mother after a very brief encounter.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-15841581168313432702009-07-18T10:25:41.832-05:002009-07-18T10:25:41.832-05:00Up to this point, I knew nothing about hummingbird...Up to this point, I knew nothing about hummingbirds. How fascinating they are. I don't want to come back as one though; their mating habits are too much like some human males....LOLkenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-2965108922288814722009-07-18T09:51:58.919-05:002009-07-18T09:51:58.919-05:00Great information about these amazing little birds...Great information about these amazing little birds. I sometimes don't even think of them as bird, they're more like feathery insects. I'd love to know where they fit in the evolutionary picture. They are quite a beautiful little creature to watch.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-62922384636196617442009-07-18T09:42:32.539-05:002009-07-18T09:42:32.539-05:00thanks for your comment on my Walter Cronkite post...thanks for your comment on my Walter Cronkite post<br /><br />I'm so glad I came by here<br /><br />I adore hummingbirds and have learned so much about them<br /><br />plus you make me laugh<br /><br />who could ask for more?<br /><br />so very nice to meet youDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-40206398914551253172009-07-18T09:03:08.140-05:002009-07-18T09:03:08.140-05:00I wish I had your problem with the hummers. I stil...I wish I had your problem with the hummers. I still have only three that I can identify, and at least two are competing males. I've seen only one female. All are ruby-throats. One of the males stays in motion while he feeds; the other perches. The female sometimes perches, sometimes not.<br /><br />Fascinating information.Pat - Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623638376731374600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-74658775605043247982009-07-18T07:46:11.043-05:002009-07-18T07:46:11.043-05:00There was a photo last year on a blog showing a pr...There was a photo last year on a blog showing a praying mantis with a hummingbird it had caught. Tragic but then most of Nature is. <br /><br />I had a blackbird trying to strangle a small sparrow yesterday, or he may have been trying to crack its skull. Either way, two claps of my hand sent the blackbird away and the little bird, panic striken, flew under some boxwood.<br /><br />I read your post with great interest and have read most of this material several years ago when we were swamped with hummingbirds. But no more. We are lucky to get to see one or two a summer.<br /><br />I hope you can see my new blog and post a comment. Make history, i say. I am trying to get 10,000 visitors in a short period of time.<br /><br />http://pickapeckofpixels.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-7011400687190060782009-07-18T07:36:58.574-05:002009-07-18T07:36:58.574-05:00How interesting! The lecturer at the seminar I jus...How interesting! The lecturer at the seminar I just completed, had some Hummer pictures made in Costa Rica where they must buzz around all over the place.<br /><br />He was complaining his best picture made in a Macro mode did not stop their wing motion enough. Well I could see the tiny "veins in the wings even though it was blurred. To me it was an astoundingly good photo.<br /><br />I am working on a post about my seminar, which are general composition ideas-no technical stuff.<br /><br />By the way Arkansas has its own reknown phographer, Tim Ernst, who does workshops which I'm sorry I cannot afford. But he is very good.<br />http://www.cloudland.net/NitWit1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035004840443397537noreply@blogger.com