Posted on 03/29/2008 5:27:56 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
The female was drinking from the Lantana blossoms a couple of days ago. I put up the feeder, the male showed up today. I've had as many as 4 mated pairs around, gets wild when the little ones leave the nests. You only get the bright ruby color with head on shots, I'll change the angle of the feeder.
The other guys never leave!
http://www.pbase.com/tsiya/root
http://photobucket.com/albums/v244/tsiya/
http://cabbagehammock.blogspot.com/
Great pics! I remember sitting in my in-law’s back yard a few years ago when they had a swarm of those little birds. This was in LaGrange, TX. They ended up putting out 5 feeders and that wasn’t nearly enough. I tried to count them all ... not an easy task ... but I estimated that there were well over 100 at the time. It was quite a site.
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