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  1. skyhigh

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    #2 Stratohammer, Jan 29, 2005
    Nice pictures. I enjoy watching them too, and try to keep nectar out during the season. I've always thought that we might be shocked at their language as they battle for control of the flower plot or nectar bottle.
     
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    #3 wax, Jan 29, 2005
    Of course you like watching hummingbirds, you're a cat. j/k

    Very cool. In all my dog-years, I've never seen a hummingbird nest. Sad, really. Can you illuminate me/us with how they go about it (nesting, get your mind out of the gutter), so I/we don't have to read some drab Jane Hathaway, bird-watcher commentary elsewhere on the www?
     
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    #4 GhostRider, Jan 29, 2005
    Cool pictures. What kind of tree is that? What camera was it shot with?
     
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    #6 skyhigh, Jan 30, 2005
    I believe it is a Melaleuca tree. I have a Nikon D70. The pictues on the gallery page were shot with an Olympus C-2100UZ.

    Gilles27 Thanks for the link, very informative. wax I did not realy know how they went about nesting and stuff, that page answers our questions in a simple way.
     
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    #7 ernie, Jan 30, 2005
    Hummingbirds are cool. A neighbor hand a nest in his tree about three years ago. We have quite a few humming birds in our neighbor hood. They are MEAN little bastrads, Very territorial. I have been buzzed a few times when the males are chasing one another around in air combat. Scares the crap out of you because they get so close to your head. What cracks me up is when a male is trying to impress a female. They will fly way up in the air and then dive straight down with their wings fully tucked. Then right before they slam into the ground they will fly up into the air again and dive back down. They do this over and over again, looks like a giant U, until the female gets board a leaves, or gives up the goods, LOL.
     
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    #8 DrStranglove, Jan 31, 2005
    HB's freeking rock!!!

    An amazing testiment to evolution!!!!!!


    (They are cute too!!)
     
  9. skyhigh

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    She is sitting on the eggs most of the day. I notice she is still building up the nest. I have two feeders in my yard and I see a male around one, with her around the other. Wonder if they are a couple :) I am going to guess that it will be about two or so weeks before the eggs hatch since it is pretty cool right now.
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    #10 thecarreaper, Jan 31, 2005
    great thread, GREAT PICS!
     
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    #11 ernie, Feb 5, 2005
    Post the pictures of the chicks when they hatch.
     
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    1st egg hatched. Hummingbirds make some tough nest. The last few weeks we have had some stong wind and heavy rain, and so far the nest is fine.
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    #14 tonyh, Feb 12, 2005
    Love this thread, thanks :)
     
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    #15 SRT Mike, Feb 12, 2005
    Agree, this thread is great!

    What kind of camera and lens are you using to get those close up shots??
     
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    I am using a Nikon D70 with a 28-200mm. Most of the shots are at 200mm.

    I went out this afternoon to see if the 2nd egg hatched yet (it didn't) and noticed that the shells from the 1st were gone and the baby was starting to stretch out.

    The mom is sitting more on the nest, and I think it will start to be a tight fit once the 2nd hatches and they start to grow.

    Hummingbirds are fun to watch and I think a wonder of nature. Here in SoCal they seem to be around all year long. When I had 5 feeders in our yard I counted 14 birds at once. It seems like there is always one bird trys to controls a feeder, and fights off all others. One time I stood next to a feeder and held my finger under it, and one landed on my finger and feed.
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    #18 jptyke, Feb 13, 2005
    Very Cool photos
     
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    #19 Gilles27, Feb 13, 2005
    I'm loving this thread. You've got some great photos--hopefully the birds will continue to nest there.
     
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    Hey that's way cool. I have never seen a baby hummingbird. It will be interesting to see how fast they grow. What I think would be way cool, is if you could see them take their first flight. I wonder if they practice, kinda like eagles or hawks, or if they just all of a sudden fly. Any way I think it would be cool to see them buzz around for the first time. Great thread keep the pictures coming.
     
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    Went out today to look and noticed one of the babies turned and they are getting darker. When the mom returned she feed both of them. You can see the yellow beak in th picture. Just hope with the chance of rain in the next few days there are on problems with them.
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    #23 cab7104, Feb 14, 2005
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    I like these little guys too. When I was little, my father and I used to sit outside in red shirts with yellow construction paper dots on them by the feeder. The HB's would come right up to your face and shirt. It was pretty cool. This was taken over the summer.

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    #25 Perfusion, Feb 16, 2005
    Nice pics! I've never seen a baby hummingbird, either...

    On another note, I saw a picture (a series of pics, actually) of a praying mantis catching a humming bird in mid-air. Pretty nuts - those bugs are crazy...
     
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