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Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds"
YOUTUBE ^ | MARCH 08,2010 | swampsniper

Posted on 03/08/2010 3:51:37 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER

Fascinating documentary!


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: hummingbird; photo
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1 posted on 03/08/2010 3:51:37 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
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2 posted on 03/08/2010 3:52:47 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT,NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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I’m going to get some decent hummingbird pics this summer. They’re no longer afraid of me and I bought a much faster lens. (faster in the wide aperture sense).


3 posted on 03/08/2010 4:00:29 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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Wow! That was just wonderful!
4 posted on 03/08/2010 4:06:42 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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GREAT post.


5 posted on 03/08/2010 4:08:42 PM PST by Gator113 (I do not want Obama IMPEACHED... I want him IMPRISONED.)
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Boy do we have them in NM. FIrst the Black Chinned show up, then the Broad Tails, and finally the pyscho Rufous. Have also seen Anna’s and a Calliope.

The most I ever counted around the feeders were 30.

With a perchless feeder, I can hold out my finger and they’ll land on it to feed. Absolutely fearless little birds.


6 posted on 03/08/2010 4:12:24 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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Great video - we had our first Rufous hummer at the feeder yesterday, a week sooner than last year. Southern Puget Sound area.


7 posted on 03/08/2010 4:15:01 PM PST by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, get a dog.)
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I once watched one hit my truck in the driveway and fall to the ground. I picked it up thinking it was dead.

It stayed in my hands for 30 minutes slowly waking up, then took off..and almost hit my truck again.


8 posted on 03/08/2010 4:21:08 PM PST by Pavegunner72
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I see hummers around all the time. I don't do anything to attract them but I may try this year.

The first time I saw one up close I was sitting in a meadow resting. I was out of the Marine Corps and at a Geology Summer camp in Flagstaff, Az. It was flitting around all around me and finally just came up and stared me in the eyes - about two feet away - amazing for me!

9 posted on 03/08/2010 4:23:33 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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I planted some trumpet vines several years ago and they’re finally starting to take off. If those don’t attract hummingbirds nothing will.


10 posted on 03/08/2010 4:25:26 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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Thank you for posting this, Swampsniper! I love hummers! I collect items with hummingbirds on them. Today I got an umbrella with hummers on it that I ordered on Amazon. :~D


11 posted on 03/08/2010 4:26:38 PM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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This is a wonderful live hummer cam to watch -

http://phoebeallens.com/


12 posted on 03/08/2010 4:28:19 PM PST by Tinytracks
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There’s some amazing shots in that video. Thanks for the post!


13 posted on 03/08/2010 4:35:46 PM PST by Hunton Peck (Election: The process of hiring an employee you hope will steal less from you than the others do.)
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we had a circular feeder that had a post sticking up from the top that you hung on the tree with a saucer like feeder with little feeding spots....there was also a ring of plastic around the outside so the little guys could rest...

one evening I just happend to look out and a hummer had somehow wedged himself under the lip and was stuck there....

we thought it was a goner...but my hubby gently pulled it out, held it for a few minutes...it didn't move....must have been stunned...but it eventually got its mojo back and flew away.

14 posted on 03/08/2010 4:35:55 PM PST by cherry
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Thank you, Swampsniper!


15 posted on 03/08/2010 4:46:47 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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I managed a few cardinals last weekend, but I don’t have a hummingbird feeder. Share your shots when you get them!


16 posted on 03/08/2010 4:52:33 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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Gonna be a while before I see any hummingbirds around here. I just saw my first robin today.


17 posted on 03/08/2010 4:58:37 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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Thanks, Swampy! Great up close and personal on the hummers! They’re such crazy, interesting little flitters! I think the only ones we have here are the ruby throated. Love to watch them.


18 posted on 03/08/2010 4:59:11 PM PST by gardengirl
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19 posted on 03/08/2010 5:00:36 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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I assume they are here all year, but since I’ve never put out a feeder, I don’t see them.


20 posted on 03/08/2010 5:01:31 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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