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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 04:51 PM
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I caught a hummingbird! (pic)
This little guy was way up high in one of my Queen Palm trees, so I got as close as I could without scaring him off, and still had to use the most zoom on my little digital camera.

I think he was taking a break from the 90+ degree heat by cooling in the shade.
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Katina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 04:53 PM
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1. I don't think I've ever seen one just "sitting"
Edited on Wed May-09-07 04:56 PM by Katina
great picture. Thanks. :hi:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 04:54 PM
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2. Thanks, Katina
Just wish he wasn't in the shade, but, hey! I take what I can get ;)

:hi:
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 05:04 PM
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3. very nice!!! cool shot
:loveya:

:hi:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 05:29 PM
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4. Almost an hour later, and the little one is still in that same spot
Flapping his wings occasionally...have to think he's (she?) is just cooling off for a while...seems OK otherwise.

Thanks, wildhorses! :hi: :loveya:
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 05:38 PM
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5. sweeEet pic!
that was so lucky,
thanks for posting it!
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 06:37 PM
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8. Thanks!
:hi:
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 05:39 PM
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6. wonderful photo! I loooove hummingbirds!
How's s/he doing? Still hanging out / keeping cool?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 06:37 PM
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9. Finally flew off about 30 min. ago
Hung out for about an hour and a half.

:hi:
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 07:12 PM
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11. okay whew
it's wierd for them to sit around long I think. But if it's taken off it must feel okay!
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 06:24 PM
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7. cool picture!
I love hummingbirds!
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 06:38 PM
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10. Love'em, too!
There are a lot of them around here. In the evening there are a few that hover near me like they are checking me out. :hi:
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Mrs.Matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 07:30 PM
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13. Cool!
What kind of hummer was it? Anna's, Rufous, Ruby throated?? Hard to tell because like you said, it is in the shade. Check out this month's Bird's and Bloom's magazine. Issue is devoted to the hummers! :hi:
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CC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 10:43 PM
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29. They are telling you that
you need a hummingbird feeder and fill it with sugar water.http://www.hummingbirds.net/ :evilgrin: Great pic too.


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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 10:49 PM
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30. I DO have feeder...still in one of my packed boxes
And always make my own sugar water.

Just have to get the iron hook attached to the outside eave bib so the ants don't come around :hi:
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CC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 10:52 PM
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32. Ohhh they know you have one somewhere
and trying to get you to put it up. lol Mine will tap the window if the sugar water runs out and I don't replace it asap. They will buzz me in the yard to let me know they need their water.:hi:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 07:17 PM
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12. I love how he is so light he can just sit on that tendril of bark from the palm tree
I saw one sitting still the other day, too. At first I wondered if it was a really large insect.

Love the picture.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 08:19 PM
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17. Thanks
I see them in the early Am and evening here. They like to zoom around my patio area.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 07:33 PM
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14. Nice capture
Hummingbirds are notoriously hard to get. :thumbsup:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 08:18 PM
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16. Then I shall take every opportunity to capture more pics!
Thanks, Maestro! :hi:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 07:37 PM
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15. Good pic
Thanks for sharing

:hug:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 08:20 PM
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18. Hi Ptah!
and...Thanks! :hi:
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 08:22 PM
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19. What a great shot!
You were so lucky to catch him sitting on the
string of palm frond.
You got a perfect silhouette.

Thanks.

:hi:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 09:55 PM
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26. Thanks! Was surprised he stayed
when I got almost right under him to take the pic. :hi:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 08:54 PM
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20. Cool pic.
:)
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 09:53 PM
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24. bigwillq!
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 08:56 PM
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21. I've seen them sitting in a tree before
but that one is sitting on a fiber of a palm frond?

cool pic!

:thumbsup:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 09:51 PM
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23. Why, SPK! I do declare!
Thanks! :hi:
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 09:08 PM
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22. That's nothing,once I caught one having cybersex !
What? Oops.Sorry.I thought you said humming nerd !
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 09:54 PM
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25. uh-huh....and what do you personally know about humming nerds???
:evilgrin:
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 10:10 PM
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27. Nice picture!
I didn't think they were even capable of being still.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 10:38 PM
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28. Have seen them perch from time to time
They are such cool birds! :hi:
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 10:51 PM
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31. Nice shot. Mine always look like this...
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squint until it all looks blurry, that is what my hummingbird pictures look like.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-09-07 11:05 PM
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33. awwwwww.....
:hug:

And thanks :loveya:
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:07 AM
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34. Great pic!
I caught this one last summer at my mother's hummingbird feeder:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 01:00 AM
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36. Sweet!
:hi:
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:51 AM
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35. Those little guys are nuts
Our previous house had lots of hummers visit, and it was great fun watching them on early summer evenings. We get three kinds here - Ruby-throated, Rufous, and Calliope. Those Rufous ones were by far the most aggressive, we even saw them chasing robins away.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 01:02 AM
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37. They can be quite entertaining
When I lived in Tucson, they used to fight in, around and through my covered patio. Had to duck more than a few times.
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