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re: Hummingbirds have returned to fatten up before migration
Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:19 pm to Stexas
Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:19 pm to Stexas
What is that town in south Texas that is famous for the number they get every year? It is like the last stop before they cross the Gulf, and they feed like crazy. I'll look for a video I saw a while ago and post it if I find it. It was unreal.
Here's Rockport from a while ago:
There's another I'm looking for that was even more.
Here's Rockport from a while ago:
There's another I'm looking for that was even more.
This post was edited on 9/18/24 at 7:24 pm
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Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:29 pm to Stexas
cool! i wish i had that many 
Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
wow, that's just crazy 
Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:32 pm to pussywillows
Rockport has a festival every year, I think. I remember a video with people walking around with hardhats rigged to hold feeders and the birds would just follow them around like it was completely normal. I can't find it now.
Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
so beer helmets, but for hummingbirds 
Posted on 9/18/24 at 7:35 pm to LegendInMyMind
hmmm, maybe beer on one side, nectar on the other...everybody wins!
Posted on 9/19/24 at 10:53 am to LSUJML
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I currently have 10-15 swapping between 6 feeders
I need a good camera, my phone doesn’t get good pics of them
dang! How do you get yours to cooperate like that?
I have a couple feeders and 1 bird guards two and the others have a bird guarding each of them.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 10:54 am to pussywillows
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I'm northwest of you, and I've had at least a few hanging around well into October in previous years...I don't know how they decide when it's time to leave...
Cool so hopefully a few more weeks.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 10:57 am to pussywillows
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I have 3 feeders up currently...there seems to be one dominant male for each feeder...the times I see others successfully feed are when more than one approach at the same time...one gets chased and the other(s) manage to sneak in briefly...
Ya that's what I've got. Still fun as heck to watch and listen to them.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 10:58 am to pussywillows
Noticed a hummingbird in my backyard last night looking for a feeder. Picked up a feeder this morning from Walmart and filled it up with homemade nectar.
Hoping they find it soon since hummingbirds were my grandmothers favorite bird.
Update: they found it but there is a punk chasing off the other hummingbirds trying to feed on it.
Hoping they find it soon since hummingbirds were my grandmothers favorite bird.
Update: they found it but there is a punk chasing off the other hummingbirds trying to feed on it.
This post was edited on 9/19/24 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 9/19/24 at 12:25 pm to pussywillows
Think how fast you could run if you had hummingbird wing DNA in your legs.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 12:45 pm to Stexas
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Hummingbirds have returned to fatten up before migration
Serious question--where are the hummingbirds migrating to?
Posted on 9/19/24 at 12:56 pm to LSUGrad9295
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Serious question--where are the hummingbirds migrating to?
Most of ours in the eastern part of the country (Ruby-throated Hummingbirds) head to southern Mexico and into Central America. A majority will do so via a route either over land or along the coast of Texas. This is to avoid storms in the Gulf. Others that migrate to southern Florida will cross the open Gulf to Mexico, flying nonstop over open water. When they make their return trip in the early Spring a much larger number will cross the open Gulf as opposed to the land/shore route.
Costa Rica is a Fall/Winter hotspot for many hummingbird species. You can actually book trips to see them, or even work with research groups who net and study them.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 2:13 pm to pussywillows
We have 8 feeders around the house. We probably have 20 hummingbirds or more. They were fighting for the 3 feeders we previously had. So we spread 6 more new feeders around the house to stop the fighting. However now when we go around looking at all the feeders, there are about double the amount of hummingbirds and there is fighting and chasing going on at all of them.
Also when we are watching them dog fight from inside, I like to play the Top Gun theme song. It's perfect for what they are doing.
Also when we are watching them dog fight from inside, I like to play the Top Gun theme song. It's perfect for what they are doing.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 2:16 pm to Meauxjeaux
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Cool so hopefully a few more weeks.
that's what i'm hoping for...i don't know what will happen if there is more tropical weather...
Posted on 9/19/24 at 2:18 pm to 98eagle
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However now when we go around looking at all the feeders, there are about double the amount of hummingbirds and there is fighting and chasing going on at all of them.
this is my experience as well...i thought adding more feeders would stop the fighting, but i think they enjoy it...
Posted on 9/19/24 at 2:19 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:I believe they are pound for pound the most viciously territorial creatures in creation.
Their dedication is unreal.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 6:37 pm to DMAN1968
I simply cannot get the fiery red throated ones to give me the proper pose. They refuse to get in the light just right.
The best of the day.
And still...very busy.
The best of the day.
And still...very busy.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 6:52 pm to DMAN1968
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They refuse to get in the light just right.
The sunlight makes all the difference.
ETA: If you're using a cell phone camera try taking a slow motion video of all of them around the feeder. You'll get a whole new appreciation of how they move.
This post was edited on 9/19/24 at 6:54 pm
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