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re: Humming birds in Shreveport
Posted on 9/22/16 at 3:31 pm to TaserTiger
Posted on 9/22/16 at 3:31 pm to TaserTiger
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Love hummers. I am sure you will too.
Fo'sho.
This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 3:33 pm
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Posted on 9/22/16 at 4:04 pm to Zoom8
Same group still hanging on up here in NY. Pulled the feeder a week ago but they are still hitting up wildflowers and checking back for feeder in the am. Pending cold front this weekend I suspect I have seen the last of them until next may.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 4:13 pm to Canard Noir
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My understanding is you should pick your feeders up after the first weekend in October so you don't hold up their migration because they'll try to stay longer than they should if you don't. Could just be a myth though..
Myth. Their instinct to migrate will take them south irrespective of the status of your feeder.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:23 pm to BiggerBear
Yes that's a myth. Very very few neotropical migrants stay back. You can leave your feeders up in the winter and possibly catch a rare western species of hummingbird.
My grandmother used to tell us that hummingbirds rode on the backs of geese!
My grandmother used to tell us that hummingbirds rode on the backs of geese!
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:33 pm to Ron Cheramie
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My grandmother used to tell us that hummingbirds rode on the backs of geese!
Had a lady in a flower shop tell me that a couple of years ago. It amazes me the things people will accept as fact without any scrutiny whatsoever.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:47 pm to thedogman
Here in Blanchard, we have had them at our feeder for the past 3-4 weeks.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:05 pm to BiggerBear
quote:Do you know they don't for sure?
Had a lady in a flower shop tell me that a couple of years ago. It amazes me the things people will accept as fact without any scrutiny whatsoever.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 8:09 pm to AlxTgr
They migrate at different times. Birds are across the gulf chilling in South America by the time the geese leave canada
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:17 pm to Ron Cheramie
They could do it at night and then fly back.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:40 pm to AlxTgr
Not having made the assertion, I don't labor under the burden of feeling that I need to disprove it. But, hey, show me some evidence if you have it.
On the other hand, knowing that the myth really states that Hummingbirds migrate on the backs of geese and that the basic migration patterns of these two birds don't allow for that, I feel very safe in discounting it as the stupidity that it is.
People do believe it, but there are many things that people believe that are unsupported by any evidence.
On the other hand, knowing that the myth really states that Hummingbirds migrate on the backs of geese and that the basic migration patterns of these two birds don't allow for that, I feel very safe in discounting it as the stupidity that it is.
People do believe it, but there are many things that people believe that are unsupported by any evidence.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:50 pm to BiggerBear
I found a goose feather under one of my feeders.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 9:52 pm to AlxTgr
Waiting, with bated breath, for pics . . .
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:00 pm to BiggerBear
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:21 am to BiggerBear
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Myth. Their instinct to migrate will take them south irrespective of the status of your feeder.
Fair enough, I kind of suspected that too which is why I said it was just something I heard.
I have actually seen hummingbirds freeload geese in flight though. They sell a harness just for this at Academy so that is definitely true...
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:08 am to AlxTgr
Hmmm, feeling some deja vu, can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted on 9/23/16 at 7:07 am to Spock's Eyebrow
I wasn't sure if you read this board
Posted on 9/23/16 at 9:26 am to AlxTgr
I'm so glad somebody noticed. It's my favorite myth, and it's a little hard to see in the tiny avi. 
Posted on 9/23/16 at 10:05 am to Spock's Eyebrow
I've seen your avi many times. I had no idea what it meant
Posted on 9/23/16 at 10:45 am to AlxTgr
"This is the time of year when the tiny hummingbird selects its goose to make the arduous journey across the Gulf of Mexico to Central America." Read in a David Attenborough voice or something. It's so dumb.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 10:56 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Dang, they select? Makes me think of the Avatar flying dragon thing.
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