Humming birds a plenty

Czubek · 06-18-2011, 04:18 PM

This is outside my office door this morning.

YouTube - ‪hummers‬‏

Brian

10 Bears · 06-18-2011, 04:41 PM

They are pissed off because the feeders are EMPTY!

edit: Untill I read your other post I didn't realize it was a video!

WELL DONE!

Czubek · 06-18-2011, 06:09 PM

Thanks!

They really weren't empty, but just about.

They were thicker than that a couple weeks ago, two and three deep on each hole and a bunch in the holding pattern. We were going through about four gallons of "nectar" a day. I almost quit feeding them when a 25lb bag of sugar lasted a week.

Brian

10 Bears · 06-18-2011, 06:20 PM

Dang, you really have a population of hummers.
I left mine out, through the Winter, the bottom broke off, it was glass.
Now I have a smaller one, plastic, but haven't set it out yet.
WAY past time, I'm sure.

Gus · 06-18-2011, 06:22 PM

We never get that many hummers, usually one at a time maybe two.

Enjoyed the video

Czubek · 06-18-2011, 07:11 PM

Gus, Arizona has just about every type of humming bird on the planet. From the smallest to the biggest. You just don't see them too often.

I don't remember having near this many ever, here.

Funny, I had been threatening to set the video camera up on the tripod and film them, I set everything up and.......... They quit coming... Just a few here and there. We had a storm the other day and they showed back up during and after, just like before. Now last-night we had another storm go through and they showed up again and I got 'em this time!

Brian

aviator · 06-18-2011, 11:59 PM

Never seen that many at one time.

Czubek · 06-21-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by aviator

Never seen that many at one time.

Sometimes they're even more packed in. We've seen them three deep. Three beaks in one hole in the feeder. That was this spring.

Weird, one day they're packed in like sardines, the next only a few.

Brian

Sanders · 06-21-2011, 10:51 AM

They are emptying out my feeder about every 3-4 days, and I never see more than three at a time. That video just left me dumbfounded. Glad I don't have THAT many around here!

Pogo · 06-24-2011, 11:30 AM

That is a lot of hummers. I usually have no more than two or three at a time.

Sanders, if there is a high wind and the air is dry the syrup evaporates out in a day or two.

Sanders · 06-24-2011, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pogo

Sanders, if there is a high wind and the air is dry the syrup evaporates out in a day or two.

I have a lot of that around here! It lasts a little longer, now that I put a bird bath out. I was getting wrens and such drinking from the feeder, which is just like Brian's in the video.

Czubek · 06-24-2011, 02:36 PM

It doesn't have a chance to evaporate here. Matter of fact, when we only had one or two, one male would guard each one and nobody got anything and it would last a long time. We put up two on each side and they go down real quick. They don't feel the need to guard them, I guess?

Brian

06-18-2011, 11:59 PM	#7
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,591	Never seen that many at one time. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

06-21-2011, 10:51 AM	#9
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,567	They are emptying out my feeder about every 3-4 days, and I never see more than three at a time. That video just left me dumbfounded. Glad I don't have THAT many around here! __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

06-24-2011, 11:30 AM	#10
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 82,005	That is a lot of hummers. I usually have no more than two or three at a time. Sanders, if there is a high wind and the air is dry the syrup evaporates out in a day or two. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

06-18-2011, 04:41 PM	#2
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	They are pissed off because the feeders are EMPTY! edit: Untill I read your other post I didn't realize it was a video! WELL DONE!

06-18-2011, 06:09 PM	#3
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	Thanks! They really weren't empty, but just about. They were thicker than that a couple weeks ago, two and three deep on each hole and a bunch in the holding pattern. We were going through about four gallons of "nectar" a day. I almost quit feeding them when a 25lb bag of sugar lasted a week. Brian

06-18-2011, 06:20 PM	#4
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Dang, you really have a population of hummers. I left mine out, through the Winter, the bottom broke off, it was glass. Now I have a smaller one, plastic, but haven't set it out yet. WAY past time, I'm sure.

06-18-2011, 06:22 PM	#5
Gus Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 66,849	We never get that many hummers, usually one at a time maybe two. Enjoyed the video

06-18-2011, 07:11 PM	#6
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	Gus, Arizona has just about every type of humming bird on the planet. From the smallest to the biggest. You just don't see them too often. I don't remember having near this many ever, here. Funny, I had been threatening to set the video camera up on the tripod and film them, I set everything up and.......... They quit coming... Just a few here and there. We had a storm the other day and they showed back up during and after, just like before. Now last-night we had another storm go through and they showed up again and I got 'em this time! Brian

06-24-2011, 02:36 PM	#12
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	It doesn't have a chance to evaporate here. Matter of fact, when we only had one or two, one male would guard each one and nobody got anything and it would last a long time. We put up two on each side and they go down real quick. They don't feel the need to guard them, I guess? Brian