Can we talk hummingbirds

[WestTexasCrude]

I guess kwebber will be along shortly bitching/moaning about me not being "likable". It seems the Cannucks egos are fragile.

Not at all. I suggest we meet at Toronto airport, unless you are just all talk.....

This has a surreal feel to it. Who was the UJ dude years ago that challenged DT (Animal offered his back yard in Dallas for the experiment) for DT's claim on witching for water.

[Burn1dwn]

I'm more curious about the Gregorian Chant Bird, or the Operich. They are both very rare but I've heard the operich had quite a range.

The Shoebill is pretty cool.

Damn, that looks like it belongs in Jurrasic Park.

[FreakShowFanatic]

I'm more curious about the Gregorian Chant Bird, or the Operich. They are both very rare but I've heard the operich had quite a range.

The Shoebill is pretty cool.

Damn, that looks like it belongs in Jurassic Park.

That's a big hummingbird.

[WestTexasCrude]

Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.

[Animal]

Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.

have you ever seen a painted bunting? I got some pictures of a couple (male and female) at a feeder last spring.

[WestTexasCrude]

Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.

have you ever seen a painted bunting? I got some pictures of a couple (male and female) at a feeder last spring.

Please post them. Have 5 the last few days and the color differences and patterns are amazing.

[Wut]

Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.

have you ever seen a painted bunting? I got some pictures of a couple (male and female) at a feeder last spring.

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[CaptQuint]

[Reservoir Dog]

We get lots of those up at our place at the lake. Those little fuckers start banging their heads at 5:00 in the morning.

[WestTexasCrude]

Man, I have to admit, that's the most beautiful woodpecker I've ever seen. Expect colors from hummingbirds, not so much woodpeckers. Thanks for the photo.

[megman]

We get lots of those up at our place at the lake. Those little fuckers start banging their heads at 5:00 in the morning.

Buddy's house is full of holes from those fuckers.

[CaptQuint]

[WestTexasCrude]

Birds are amazing, from hummingbirds to woodpeckers pounding their brains at 20G, owls night vision to albatrosses spending 99% of it's life aloft. I think this branch of the life tree survived pretty damn well the asteroid strike 65 Million years ago.

[Animal]

Please post them. Have 5 the last few days and the color differences and patterns are amazing.

i thought the parks & wildlife guy was nuts when he told me to put out nesting boxes for them. they are amazing birds and i think he said they were endangered. If you see them on a regular basis, consider yourself lucky. there are parts of texas where people pay big $$ to see them in the wild.

[WestTexasCrude]

Please post them. Have 5 the last few days and the color differences and patterns are amazing.

i thought the parks & wildlife guy was nuts when he told me to put out nesting boxes for them. they are amazing birds and i think he said they were endangered. If you see them on a regular basis, consider yourself lucky. there are parts of texas where people pay big $$ to see them in the wild.

There is some State park in E Texas that puts up a hundred hummingbird feeders for the visitors to watch. Hundreds of hummingbirds and yeah,they fight over all 100.

[FreakShowFanatic]

I see them in NJ but only when someone sets up a hummingbird feeder. My father had one hanging right in front of a picture window and they were awesome to watch. Another beautiful bird to watch in NJ is a goldfinch. My father had a special feeder for them too, and it really worked well.

[WestTexasCrude]

Really, if you doubt that birds are at the apex of evolutionary specialty , picture in your mind the most inhospitable place on Earth- more akin to another planet like Mars. Antarctica- lifeless except for those Emperor penguins and others not only surviving but flourishing in the millions. WTH?

[Deathproof]

I'm more curious about the Gregorian Chant Bird, or the Operich. They are both very rare but I've heard the operich had quite a range.

I heard Boots and The Ginger fucked an Operich.

[DandyDon]

I'm more curious about the Gregorian Chant Bird, or the Operich. They are both very rare but I've heard the operich had quite a range.

The Shoebill is pretty cool.

https://www.boredpanda.com/large-bird-harpy-eagle/

[Wut]

I'm more curious about the Gregorian Chant Bird, or the Operich. They are both very rare but I've heard the operich had quite a range.

The Shoebill is pretty cool.

https://www.boredpanda.com/large-bird-harpy-eagle/

That thing looks like an owl-gargoyle.

[DandyDon]

I'm more curious about the Gregorian Chant Bird, or the Operich. They are both very rare but I've heard the operich had quite a range.

The Shoebill is pretty cool.

https://www.boredpanda.com/large-bird-harpy-eagle/

That thing looks like an owl-gargoyle.

I could see this being the basis of alien landing reports. That fucking look stares through ya, and says "I will eat you".

[Sandflea720]

[WestTexasCrude]

Yeah that's them. Put out 100 feeders in a state park, all 300 will fight over everyone of them. Even though the territorial instinct is obvious, I've observed over the years a distinct "playing" among them. It's pretty funny to watch.