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05-11-2010, 08:01 PM
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This made me dream i was hired by a library, but they didn't have books, they had humming birds! and they were everywhere!
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05-11-2010, 08:20 PM
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Just want to add that hummers WILL perch while feeding if it's available. I only get feeders with perches now lol. Right now I have feeders that stick to the windows with suction cups. It's awesome! Get to see them very close up!
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I've taken a lot of photos of Hummingbirds at feeder stations, and have seen them perch and drink many times. Some species always hover and sip, some always perch and sip.
This is an immature Green Brilliant, from Costa Rica |
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05-11-2010, 10:51 PM
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Connie, you are so lucky to have had the chance and ability to photograph these birds. I having spent some time in Colombia have seen my share of humming birds, but in my ignorance at the time, I was blind and I could not tell nor did I know there was more than one species. I wish I could go back. I consider myself lucky just to see one or two ruby throated per year here in NYC.
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05-11-2010, 11:05 PM
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This made me dream i was hired by a library, but they didn't have books, they had humming birds! and they were everywhere!
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wow! nice dream! |
05-11-2010, 11:27 PM
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were the humming birds flying around or just waiting on the shelves? Must have been a pretty dream though.
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05-12-2010, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Tindomul
Connie, you are so lucky to have had the chance and ability to photograph these birds. I having spent some time in Colombia have seen my share of humming birds, but in my ignorance at the time, I was blind and I could not tell nor did I know there was more than one species. I wish I could go back. I consider myself lucky just to see one or two ruby throated per year here in NYC.
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I sure am lucky- my husband builds aerial walkways in places like Peru, getting frequent flier miles and we try to travel as much as we can. Birding is probably a bigger passion for me than orchids (heresy, sorry), and photography equally. I am in a blissful state when I am watching and photographing birds. |
05-13-2010, 06:27 AM
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This made me dream i was hired by a library, but they didn't have books, they had humming birds! and they were everywhere!
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What a cool dream, and then what happened? |
05-13-2010, 10:06 AM
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He builds the walkways for the ecotourism? That is so cool! Im glad to hear that they are still doing this.
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05-13-2010, 10:52 PM
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He builds the walkways for the ecotourism? That is so cool! Im glad to hear that they are still doing this.
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Mostly they are for ecotourism; a few have been for research. He is basically a little boy who hasn't gotten past his tree-climbing phase- at 61!
This is a link to his (very small) company- his name is Bart
Canopy Construction Associates |
05-13-2010, 11:14 PM
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Connie, those are beautiful!
Just curious, do you live in a treehouse?  |
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