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October 9, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
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Hummingbirds - Mother and Babies
Here's my "Mother Hummer" and her babies:
Sitting on the nest  The first baby  Feeding the little babies  Sitting on the babies now  Feeding them - amazing how far down her bill goes    They barely fit in the nest - and glare at me when I take their pic  Practicing...  Ready to launch...  And gone 
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October 9, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut
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amazing photos! thanks so much!
tom
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October 10, 2010
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Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Z6 WNY
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Cool that you had a hummer nest that you could watch like that!
Remy
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October 10, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cranberry Country, SE MA - zone 6?
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I'm impressed. Thanks,
Tom
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October 10, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
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I was so lucky. I got a lot of video of all of this also, including the little guy actually leaving the nest.
She made her nest on a clothesline, under the roof of my porch. So she was abuot 4 feet from my door! My poor husband was ruled by the bird, haha, he wasn't allowed out the door except when the bird was away from the nest. It was a really amazing experience. |
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October 10, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: southeastern PA
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Thank you so much for sharing those photo's-they were truely amazing!
Darlene |
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October 11, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E
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That is too cool. Growing up in southern California you didn't think much of the hummers as they were always there. Here in Germany the closest thing is the hummingbird moth. First time I saw one I thought it was a hummer. When they are flying it's hard to tell the difference. Ami
http://www.birds-n-garden.com/hummingbird_moths.html
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October 11, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cranberry Country, SE MA - zone 6?
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I love the moths, just don't like the diet of the caterpillar!!
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October 12, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Pearl of the Orient
Posts: 333
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how come we don't have hummingbirds here...
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October 12, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: east texas
Posts: 686
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Great pictures Tam91, what a wonderful experience you had this summer.
thanks for sharing, Neva |
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October 12, 2010
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
Posts: 2,484
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Thanks everyone.
Wow Ami, those moths are pretty. |
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