Hummingbirds

[edric]

http://video.pbs.org/video/1380512531/,Ed

[Kim]

These are the favorite visitors in my garden, but they are difficult to photograph. They love to drink at the fountain and sip at the kangaroo paw flowers. My latest garden plans are to add more flowering plants expressly for the hummers.

The zoo has a hummingbird enclosure that is really fun to visit, the birds whipping by your ears at high speed.

I will watch this video when I get a chance. Thanks edric.

[Gonzer]

Ed, I've got so many nests in plants due to all my Tillandsias (year after year) that I spend more time cleaning up hummingbird crap than I do my Great Pyrenees.

Edited June 4, 2015 by Gonzer

[NorCalKing]

We get them by the dozen, here. I can spend hours watching their acrobatics.

[Pedro 65]

Ed, I've got so many nests in plants due to all my Tillandsias (year after year) that I spend more time cleaning up hummingbird crap than I do my Great Pyrenees.

Fab pics Gonz, looks like your pollination is "well" taken care of Pete

[Palm crazy]

Great Video and Photos.

I have all kinds of hummingbird plants, from flowers, shrubs and trees. They are so fun to watch and I’ve had them come right up to my face and look at me with no fear. Some times they try to drink from the hose when I do hand watering. One of these days I’ll have my camera with me and gets some pics. I think we have like 4-5 species that are here in the Spring - Summer, but only two stay all winter.

Edited June 5, 2015 by Palm crazy

[edric]

Ed, I've got so many nests in plants due to all my Tillandsias (year after year) that I spend more time cleaning up hummingbird crap than I do my Great Pyrenees.

That's amazing Greg, especially how dry it is there, great pics, Ed

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for the link to the Nature episode. We'll watch it this weekend. Still waiting for much of our kangaroo paws and torches to open up. It's been cooler and overcast and thinking it might be why it seems to be taking longer this year. We have some Big Red paws that exploded in height this year (thought they were suppose to be 5-6 feet high on average but this year looking more like 8-9 feet or more!) and should be seeing a lot of them feeding off of them soon. Did see a hummingbird last week at our phormium that bloomed this year. DH got a video of one at our bush ranger paws just the other day.

My mom who lives in the midwest and loves enjoying her garden flowers told me the other day that she saw her first ever hummingbird , she's heard me talk about them for a while now. It was in her backyard and she couldn't get over how tiny it was. She was really excited about seeing one. She's in her 80s so I thought that was cool.

Those are great photos BTW.