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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Wed Jun 22, 2016, 01:38 PM Jun 2016

Awesome Hummingbirds

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Awesome Hummingbirds (Original Post) In_The_Wind Jun 2016 OP

What kind of hummers, do you know? ailsagirl Jun 2016 #1

They are ruby throated hummingbirds. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #2

Then my mistake-- we do have them in California (tho' they're "rare vagrants") ailsagirl Jun 2016 #3

How beautiful 300gools Jun 2016 #4

I recall reading that a hummer's heart rate is around 85 beats per SECOND!! ailsagirl Jun 2016 #5

No wonder they need a sugar high. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #8

Heh!! ailsagirl Jun 2016 #11

LOVE them Skittles Jun 2016 #6

Yes, indeed! In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #7

You are so lucky. They're beautiful. Got a kick out of the one Fla Dem Jun 2016 #9

I love hummingbirds Solly Mack Jun 2016 #10

K&R! This is wonderful! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #12

We have/had a nesting pair sakabatou Jun 2016 #13

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)

1. What kind of hummers, do you know?

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:52 PM

Jun 2016

I don't see them around where I live (west coast).

Amazing little guys

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. They are ruby throated hummingbirds.

Reply to ailsagirl (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 03:31 PM

Jun 2016

https://www.facebook.com/147051328972249/photos/a.194110347599680.1073741829.147051328972249/229650950712286/?type=3

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)

3. Then my mistake-- we do have them in California (tho' they're "rare vagrants")

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 03:42 PM

Jun 2016

Allen's and Anna's (very frequently)

BTW, I googled "hummers in California" and got an image page chock-full of hummers... the vehicle!!

ARGH!!!

300gools

(20 posts)

4. How beautiful

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 03:47 PM

Jun 2016

majestic.

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)

5. I recall reading that a hummer's heart rate is around 85 beats per SECOND!!

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 04:44 PM

Jun 2016

WOW

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

8. No wonder they need a sugar high.

Reply to ailsagirl (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 06:44 PM

Jun 2016

Love to watch the mating flight rituals.

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)

11. Heh!!

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:29 AM

Jun 2016

They're pugnacious little guys!!

Skittles

(172,881 posts)

6. LOVE them

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 06:10 PM

Jun 2016

they are so freaking cool

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. Yes, indeed!

Reply to Skittles (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 06:42 PM

Jun 2016

much

Fla Dem

(27,772 posts)

9. You are so lucky. They're beautiful. Got a kick out of the one

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 09:38 PM

Jun 2016

Sitting on your hand as calm as can be.

Solly Mack

(97,271 posts)

10. I love hummingbirds

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 10:15 PM

Jun 2016

Rhiannon12866

(258,842 posts)

12. K&R! This is wonderful!

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:55 AM

Jun 2016

sakabatou

(46,335 posts)

13. We have/had a nesting pair

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:30 PM

Jun 2016

Too bad the crows keep attacking them

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