Tag: hummingbirds
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December 31, 2009 10:43 AM EST --
As a child I spent a great deal of time in the south, in Louisiana, where my grandmother lived. That is where I got to appreciate and absolutely love so much of nature. The most beautiful are the . . .
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August 25, 2007 10:02 AM EDT --
HHH, the annual bicycle race in Wichita Falls, is going on at this very moment. Our road is part of the 50 mile race, and the bicyclists are zooming past. It's fun to watch them. I thought about taking . . .
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October 20, 2007 07:59 PM EDT --
When it rains or cools down here in CA all the Hummingbirds disappear, but when it warms up and stops raining in a couple of days they are back. My pressing question is........ where do they . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
Rufous hummingbirds set up camp here for several weeks after the first week in July. Actually, they seldom "set" anywhere. They are constantly on the fly chasing the other hummers off and keeping . . .
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April 30, 2008 01:08 PM EDT --
Remember Patches, the calico that adopted us last winter? Well, she pretty much rules the household now, except for our twenty-year-old Sugar cat that Patches steers clear of. I thought I'd share . . .
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June 02, 2008 01:11 AM EDT --
This is marvellous.
This is something I have never seen before, or ever even heard of. This lady lives in a Hummingbird fly zone. As they migrated, . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:12 PM EDT --
I was asked to republish this article with the pictures in the article, instead of attached...here you go...
This was sent to me by a friend. I was so amazed, I had to share...
This . . .
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August 05, 2008 07:33 AM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon while I was bringing in groceries, I saw not one, but two hummingbirds at my feeder. Of course the camera was already inside the house, but this is the first time I have seen any . . .
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August 14, 2009 03:22 PM EDT --
On Wednesday morning as I was opening up the doors to air out the garage I found a hummingbird on the floor. At first I thought he was dead.Then I realized he was alive, his little heart beating . . .
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March 04, 2009 04:24 PM EST --
Here Come the Hummingbirds!
As a naturalist I am one of the observers of several animal migrations. The Ruby Throated Hummingbird is one of those I monitor. . . .
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April 20, 2009 04:23 PM EDT --
Hummingbirds
Springtime Beauties
Costa Rica is full of hummingbirds. The country's checklist boasts 54 species.
These range from widespread . . .
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July 16, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
Did you know that the hummingbirds beat their wings in a figure eight pattern? Some species flap 80 times a second.
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September 14, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
I do a hummingbird watch for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. and have several feeders in my yard. Yesterday, a hummer was feeding at the one attached to the window (the one I watch the . . .
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September 13, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
Every summer the hummingbirds come up from their winter home in Mexico and flock about my house in the mountains. I set a feeder out, make a water-sugar mix and keep it stocked for them. We . . .
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July 07, 2009 09:46 AM EDT --
Hummingbirds are such a beautiful bird. We are so lucky to have them around our house. I was able to take a couple of pics of one before it flew away. I just love how the pics turned out. . . .
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August 14, 2006 01:20 AM EDT --
Powerless
"If you do get her, her poor little beating heart will explode before you get her outside." That was my wife's . . .
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August 19, 2006 01:32 PM EDT --
Here comes one of the wondrous little birds. In like a flash. Wings moving so fast they are just a blur. He settles on the perch and you can tell the wings are dark with sheen of green. There is a little . . .
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September 25, 2006 02:16 PM EDT --
I sat at the window this morning drinking a cup of coffee and watching the birds. Some of the bird will stay here over winter and some won't.
That might be the reason I watched the hummingbirds closer . . .
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July 22, 2009 03:05 PM EDT --
We had a storm system move through last night, thunder, lightning and rain all night long. I love the way the desert smells after it rains! I also know that the birds will be out and about after a . . .
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July 22, 2009 09:27 AM EDT --
A day off from work - waking to the sound of a very early bird chorus, getting its songs out before the beginning of the slow-steady rain now nourishing our woods and gardens. I think of the hummingbirds . . .
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