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Correction : Hummingbirds (WAS: OT: Covid-19 Vaccination Button (pic) and dinner plans)
Ophelia wrote:
> On 01/05/2021 16:42, jmcquown wrote: > > On 5/1/2021 11:37 AM, jmcquown wrote: > > > On 5/1/2021 11:00 AM, Lucretia Borgia wrote: > > > > On Sat, 1 May 2021 09:55:14 -0400, jmcquown > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 5/1/2021 5:12 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > > > > > On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 5:12:02 PM UTC-4, > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On 4/30/2021 10:27 AM, Ophelia wrote: > > > > > > > > On 30/04/2021 13:56, Gary wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 4/29/2021 7:29 PM, jmcquown wrote: > > > > > > > > > > FYI, so far I'm not feeling any ill effects from > > > > > > > > > > the 2nd vaccine. The nurse told me to help > > > > > > > > > > alleviate the sore arm, exercise the arm. I've > > > > > > > > > > been flapping it occasionally like I'm doing a one > > > > > > > > > > sided chicken dance (LOL) since I got home. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You also could flap your arm faster like a > > > > > > > > > hummingbird. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > === > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ahh but can she hummmmm ?  ))> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Humminbirds don't actually hum, they chirp (rather > > > > > > > quietly). It's their wings that make a sort of humming > > > > > > > sound. > > > > > > > > > > > > In my experience they chirp disproportionately loudly for > > > > > > their size, especially during the migration when they're > > > > > > defending the feeder. They not much quieter than a > > > > > > woodpecker's chirp. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cindy Hamilton > > > > > > > > > > > I suppose in proportion to their size their chirps are rather > > > > > loud.Â* I only hear them when I have the windows open in the > > > > > den, kicked back with a book.Â* It's already too humid by > > > > > Noon to have the windows open. > > > > > > > > > > Jill > > > > > > > I spoke a little too soon about humid.Â* I went outside to refill > > > the bird feeder > > [CORRECTION: bird BATH] > > > and discovered, unlike yesterday when it was already 80°F and > > > humid outside, today it is a cool, breezy 60-something! > > > > > > I've opened the windows so when I go into the den I might > > > actually hear the chirps of the hummingbirds and the quick beat > > > of their wings. (They sound to me like the sound effect used for > > > the light sabers in 'Star Wars'.) > > > > > > > They are pretty tough little birds. Before I moved here I had a > > > > feeder on the deck and they would fly to it, flying between > > > > David and I eating our dinner, not in the least concerned! > > > > > > > Indeed, they are tough little birds.Â* They don't seem to mind > > > buzzing around people.Â* I was sitting on the patio a few years > > > ago and happened to be wearing a red shirt.Â* A hummingbird > > > hovered right in front of my face. Â* They do seem to like red> > > (but NO, don't dye the nectar in the feeder). > > > > > > > One year a grackle decided to nest in our pine tree, not > > > > logical, totally out of place by the sea for a grackle.Â* The > > > > two grackles saw off all our usual birds that year but not the > > > > hummingbirds!Â* They didn't even try to mess and terrorise them! > > > > > > > Ugh, Grackles.Â* Yes, Hummingbirds are notoriously territorial.Â* > > > They don't take guff from any bird except perhaps, hawks. LOL > > > > > > When it was still "wintery" (heh) down here I filled the suet > > > cage.Â* I started seeing lots of brown-headed cowbirds.Â* They're > > > about like grackles in terms of running off all the songbirds > > > and invading territory.Â* I quickly brought the suet cage > > > inside.Â* They moved on. > > > > > > > When I moved here I put out a feeder over the grassy area I see > > > > from my diningroom.Â* A lady who lived in a house below our > > > > fence called over to me and told me that humming birds don't > > > > come here.Â* She was totally correct.Â* Someone else put out a > > > > hummer feeder last year without success.Â* Apparently they come > > > > as far as a few streets over, but never nearer. > > > > > > > They pick out their spots.Â* A lot of it has to do with where they > > > can build their nests and get to them before the sun sets.Â* > > > Hummingbirds are very weird.Â* They go into a state of torper > > > just after dusk.Â* I've seen documentaries where researchers have > > > found their nests and if you touch a hummingbird in torpor it > > > doesn't move, it doesn't wake up. Their bodies cool down, their > > > whole metabolism and heart rate slows and they're out like a > > > light.Â* Until the sun starts to rise... then the process > > > reverses itself.Â* I find it fascinating. > > > > > > Gary likes to make fun of my enjoyment of bird watching.Â* What's > > > not to like?Â* They're pretty and most of them sing.Â* Aside from > > > keeping the hummingbird feeder cleaned and filled from March - > > > October or so, in the warmer months I don't feed the other > > > birds.Â* I do keep fresh water in a small bird bath year round.Â* > > > Birds always need a source of fresh water. That's enough to > > > attract a number of very pretty visitors. > > > > > > Jill > > ==== > > We have 2 birdfeeders and a bird table so I understand what you are > saying )))> > Oh yes, a bird bath too Saw a red cardinal 2 days ago! They were at my bird feeder. |
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