Posted on 10/22/2016 12:01:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A rare white hummingbird is showing the world that something small can have a big impact.
The bird that's the color of snow and the size of a thumb was first spotted at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum in May and since then visitor numbers have gone up 40 percent.
People from all over the Bay Area, the country, and even the world are flocking to the gardens in hopes of spotting the stunning creature.
"We have people flying in from Texas and driving up from Los Angeles," said Martin Quigley, director of the arboretum. "We have local people who have cancelled their vacations so they can stay in town to see this bird."
Quigley added: "They'll stand there and stand there. Some people come every day. This is a little obsessive but that's how it is with bird people."
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Waaaacist!
We have a couple of hummer feeders out all year long. We have a bunch of them. We also have hummer fights every single day. There will be one bull hummer that decides the feeder is his and will literally guard it.
Bull Hummer. Now there’s a catchy handle!
bird people.. haaa!
those same folks are plugging their eyes as wind turbines whack our bald and golden eagles and solar plants fry birds in midflight..
I bet that little fellar taste just like chicken.. all white meat too. ;-)
I got a hugh passle of the regular hummers around this year.. man, can they drink .. that reminds me to make a run for more nectar.
but I’ll be damned if I’m gonna drive over the hill to santa cruz to see a bird.
There is a theory that the species of hummingbird that normally migrates to Mexico every year is about to split into 2 subspecies because half of them no longer migrate to Mexico but rather hang out in South Texas due to all the people that feed them.
I can already hear Mexicanos like Vicente Fox, blaming America for ‘stealing’ their Mexican Hummingbird, the same way we ‘stole’ Texas from Mexico. Deal with it, Mr. Bad Hombre!//
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