Hummingbird sentinal

[LVSteve]

This young male (I think) has taken to guarding the patio sitting on an Aloe Vera plant we have in a pot. This is shot through glass, so apologies for the quality. He is very tolerant of me setting up the camera and chases any other hummers that come to the patio feeders.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...great photo...our regulars started flying south early this year...we had a cool wet August...we are watching a few now that are passing through from farther north...we used about 90 pounds of sugar feeding them in the 4 months they were here...

 

[Houlton]

A friends daughter lives in St. John. (tremendous damage from Irene. Fire and police station gone). If she opens windows on opposite side of the house the Hummers will fly through. Glad they don't do that here or my wife would have feeders in the living room.

 

[OLDSTER]

The little guys are starting to migrate through here and stopping at our red petunias. Wish I could get 'em to sit still long enough for a photo. They're the green ones like the OPs

 

[LVSteve]

Another shot on a different part of the plant.

 

[shouldazagged]

Another shot on a different part of the plant.

Beautiful.

 

[vonn]

Quite a few have been coming in here in Houston area since Harvey waters are starting to recede. I think a lot of the flowering plants took a real beating so the feeders are busier than normal. Air to air combat is fun to watch,they are very territorial!

 

[billwill]

You are a fast shot with a camera! Cool picture

 

[yeti]

Great pix!

Those little guys are tougher than they look. They can be downright scrappy. Their natural nectar sources in the hurricane paths is going to be scarce now, so it is nice to hear they are finding local feeders. Good! Everybody & everything in these areas will need some extra help for awhile.

 

[Gaffer]

It looks like the male have left here in So. Maine but the females are still here and feeding. They will soon leave as well. Sure will miss them and their aerial antics chasing away other hummers from the feeders. It is unusually cool here in Maine this late summer but I think it is the length of the day that triggers their migration.

 

[misswired]

No sentinels on duty here, it's all out war!

Close encounter?

 

[misswired]

The war zone.

 

[susieqz]

i have a special hum. i only have 3. birds are scarce on the plains.but one sits on the clothesline. i get to watch her doing stuff like a regular critter.
she cleans her beak on the line, balances on one foot while she scratches behind her ear, stuff like that.
sometimes she sticks out her tongue, which is as long as her beak n just amazing.
these guys are just fun.

 

[eveled]

my wife would have feeders in the living room.

That would be awesome!

 

[JayFramer]

Do they attack? Seems they could jab that needle like beak of theirs into your pupils if you dissed they mama.

 

[susieqz]

i rest within a couple feet of my honeysuckle vine. hums love this plant n often come within 2 r 3 feet of me. they ignore me.
they only fight each other n even there, they never make contact.

 

[Nevada Ed]

We have a few here in Reno Nevada but they will be gone soon with the fall weather moving in.

A friend that live at Clear Lake, Ca. has four feeders out on her upstairs porch and it is a mad house !!

There can be four or forty "Ruby Red's" flying around at the "Chow line".

Quite cool when one flies up and stops a foot away from your face and looks you over. What is going through that tiny mind??

 

[rog8732]

Don't know as I have ever seen one just sitting still LVSTEVE, but one of the more intricate things in nature is one of their nest.
Would be a fascinating "slo-mo" time lapse video to watch the constructing of one.

 

[JayFramer]

We have a few here in Reno Nevada but they will be gone soon with the fall weather moving in.

A friend that live at Clear Lake, Ca. has four feeders out on her upstairs porch and it is a mad house !!

There can be four or forty "Ruby Red's" flying around at the "Chow line".

Quite cool when one flies up and stops a foot away from your face and looks you over. What is going through that tiny mind??

"You got nectar, brah?"

 

[LVSteve]

You are a fast shot with a camera! Cool picture

Actually, he sat still watching me through the window setting up the tripod.