Close encounter with a hummingbird

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@allknowing (137811)

• India

29 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic You guys have that problem. Wonder where these birds get to quench their thirst.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

29 Dec 16

@allknowing There are some larger bodies of water nearby and I break the ice on my bird bath with a hammer.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

29 Dec 16

That is great! My bird bath is frozen a lot this winter.

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Janice Miller/Liddle

@His_chariot (375)

• United States Minor Outlying Islands

28 Dec 16

The way I understand it is they are very dominant toward their feed domain. They don't share a feed area.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

30 Dec 16

@His_chariot Not really, but there is enough for several at a time if they were not so aggressive.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 Dec 16

Not all species are like that, but the Anna's is very stingy, does not share well.

Janice Miller/Liddle

@His_chariot (375)

• United States Minor Outlying Islands

30 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic Do you blame it?

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

29 Dec 16

Lovely image and I love Humming Birds too. How lucky to have them come to you like that. I have seen it before with Robins as an example but not with other birds say like the Blackbird.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

30 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic Sunflower seeds and suet that would attract them a lot it must be so nice to see that every day and all those different kinds of birds too.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

30 Dec 16

I feed the birds with suet and a mix of chopped peanuts and sunflower seeds in tube feeders in the back yard. It is not uncommon to have eight or ten species there at once.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

28 Dec 16

I wish we had hummingbirds over here, they seem such sweet little birds.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

29 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic Really? Then looks belie.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

29 Dec 16

@jaboUK I was quite surprised to learn that .

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Richard L. Meister Jr.

@RichardMeister (5328)

• Otis Orchards, Washington

28 Dec 16

When I was a kid on the farm there were birds that would swoop down within inches of our heads if we got too close to their tree.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 Dec 16

I can imagine that they are really feisty when nesting.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 Dec 16

@RichardMeister Yes, they do make quite a noise when they get that close.

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Richard L. Meister Jr.

@RichardMeister (5328)

• Otis Orchards, Washington

28 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic I believe so. We used to get a real laugh out of watching our foster mother's mother go to the paper box. These birds would swoop down within inches of her head and she would pay them no attention at all. We could never figure out if she knew they were doing that and just ignored them or if she had no idea what was going on.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342145)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 16

How lovely is that? And while I was reading a Western Rosella came for his drink at our bird-bath. I see him most days now.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

30 Dec 16

I looked that one up. Wow! What a colorful bird that is!

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

30 Dec 16

@JudyEv They are also very colorful.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342145)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic Some of our native parrots are very colourful. There is an Eastern rosella too, found on the eastern side of the country.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168331)

• Boise, Idaho

29 Dec 16

How fun! I was watching an old Disney nature movie that showed some baby animals. They had baby hummingbirds on it too. So cute! Not as colorful as mom but cute.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168331)

• Boise, Idaho

30 Dec 16

@JamesHxstatic ......How very odd.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

30 Dec 16

Yes, and their eggs are the size of coffee beans.

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (37845)

• Philippines

29 Dec 16

Nice time with the hummingbird.

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Stacey

@xstitcher (32706)

• Petaluma, California

27 Jul 17

"...mixed new sugar water for my two hummingbird feeders..." That's happening very frequently here, lately. They're voracious little critters, but fun to watch !

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 Jul 17

They really are. I need to mix up some more sugar water.

Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

28 Dec 16

You are lucky there to see them at this time of the year.For us it is in the Summer

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 Dec 16

The Anna's species stays around all winter and survives even icy weather like we had last week.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (83103)

• United States

28 Dec 16

Hummingbirds are so cute and I bet you enjoy watching them when they visit their feeder

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 Dec 16

Yes they are great fun to watch, but the Anna's species is so aggressive they will not share the feeders at all.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

28 Dec 16

Are hummers funny? I have seen them do the impatient dance. They will fly close as if to say get a move on buddy, I'm hungry. I have read they are quite smart birds who can recognize the hand that feeds.

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