We put out the hummingbird feeder yesterday, to assist in their fall migration south, and like a new restaurant the customers were slow to come...today, however, the words out (good reviews I guess) and they are swarming, eight or more at a time! Note that the feeder is now half empty...and that is just since yesterday afternoon!
Trying to take pictures of hummingbirds requires almost the speed of their wings, which is around 54 beats per second! One second they are swarming around the feeder, fighting for space and a prime table at the restaurant...then the next, by some unheard warning they all fly off in a flurry of beating wings.
This arrival and departure occurs often, no pattern, just often...which leads you to wonder why? Where do they go, perhaps another feeder? Or, perhaps to rest, we have seen them just sitting in our bougainvillea baskets and up in the tree down by the lake.
Trying to identify them is another issue, there are several types...Ruby Throated, Green Violet-ear, Anna’s, and more that we’ve not identified. They move so fast and the time on the feeder is so chaotic that identification is difficult.
We sit on the rockers, just a few feet away with our binoculars and camera, and enjoy these beautiful little creatures.
Great fun to watch.
No comments:
Post a Comment