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In My Backyard

May 26, 2010 By Carole

I’m always looking for ideas for blog posts and I think – after showing you Adele the Woodchuck last week – that the occasional post about what’s in my back yard might be fun.  This week it’s all about hummingbirds.

We put out 3 feeders this year and they are all hanging in and around the perennial bed. The hummingbirds make a regular loop from the feeders to the walnut tree, around the house to the lilac bushes, and then back to the feeders.

You can almost always spot one in the nut tree if you look closely enough.

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See what I mean?

The other day I sat out in the yard with my camera for a long time. I saw the little birds constantly but getting good pictures of them is tricky – they are fast!

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Luckily, this one perched on top of this shepherds crook for a while. She must have been pretty comfortable because she sat there for a few minutes, looking left and right and all around.

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At one point she looked right at me. This shot just cracks me up.

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Finally, she moved off the crook and over to the feeder for a drink.

And then she was gone, back in her loop from tree to feeder to bush.

It must be exhausting being a hummingbird.

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  1. Norma says

    May 26, 2010 at 7:02 am

    OMG, WOW! I have tried and tried (but I have limited patience, I must admit) to get photos of hummers. Always wondering HOW people do it. And also, those photos where there are multiples at a feeder MUST be photoshopped. They are so territorial, they chase each other away from the feeder even when there is ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO! CHILL, little buggers, there’s plenty for everybody!!! 🙂

  2. Nora says

    May 26, 2010 at 7:14 am

    Very cool. I should get my hummingbird feeder out. I haven’t had much luck spotting any – maybe it’s more my impatience than anything.

  3. Beth says

    May 26, 2010 at 7:19 am

    Great photos! We should call you the hummingbird whisperer. 🙂

  4. Manise says

    May 26, 2010 at 7:39 am

    I get them later when my bee balm and foxglove are blooming. They do stop and perch for a brief rest contrary to popular belief. They are *loud* if you get buzzed by one as I have- rather startling to have one unexpectedly go nose to nose with you!

  5. margene says

    May 26, 2010 at 7:44 am

    Poor little female birds are exhausted because the fancy, smancy male is a wham bam thank you ma’am kinda guy. She has to do all the work and raise the kids. Poor thing.

  6. jill says

    May 26, 2010 at 8:20 am

    I love these little iridescent guys. When i lived in California, we saw them all the time. We had bougainvillea on our side fence and invariably we’d have a mama nesting inside it. Their tenacity is amazing – as was yours getting such incredible photos.

  7. Laurie says

    May 26, 2010 at 8:31 am

    Lovely pictures! We used to get a lot of hummingbirds when I grew big pots of purple morning glories on the patio. I remember one hovering nose-to-beak with my dog one morning. I held my breath, waiting for *CHOMP!*…but they just looked at each other, the hummer flew away, and the dog turned and looked at me as if to say, “What the heck was THAT????” LOL…I live in a Disney movie…

  8. ChristyH says

    May 26, 2010 at 8:49 am

    I love hummingbirds. Great pictures.

  9. Jo-Ann says

    May 26, 2010 at 9:20 am

    Great pics … still waiting to see a hummer at my feeders!

  10. Cheryl S. says

    May 26, 2010 at 10:15 am

    Wonderful! We’ve had so few hummers in the last few years. I put out 2 feeders this year, but so far have seen only one male, one time.

  11. Donna says

    May 26, 2010 at 10:35 am

    I love hummingbirds. I put out the feeders and am awaiting their arrival!

  12. elizabeth says

    May 26, 2010 at 10:44 am

    I’m jealous! Maybe they haven’t made it to Alabama yet? I’ve been on the lookout but haven’t seen any yet. I’m sure they’ll flit off before I can return with my camera, but I still have hopes of capturing one on film.

  13. Sylvia says

    May 26, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    I used to have a hummingbird in the yard who would hover a few feet from me whenever I went out to the garden — chatting and nagging until I turned the hose on mist for him. He’d fly through the misty spray a few times, chirp that I was a good human, then go off to groom his elegant self on a sunny branch. The little emperor!

  14. Trevor Zirko says

    May 26, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Lovely pictures! We used to get a lot of hummingbirds when I grew big pots of purple morning glories on the patio. I remember one hovering nose-to-beak with my dog one morning. I held my breath, waiting for *CHOMP!*…but they just looked at each other, the hummer flew away, and the dog turned and looked at me as if to say, “What the heck was THAT????” LOL…I live in a Disney movie…
    +1

  15. Sara says

    May 26, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    I have never been good enough with a camera to catch those little birds! Your shots are beautful…

  16. Cookie says

    May 26, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    Beautiful shots! Well done!

  17. Carol says

    May 26, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    Wonderful photos! Love the ‘are you lookin’ at me’ shot too.

  18. Hillary says

    May 27, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    This is the frst year I’ve had hummingbird feedsers but I haven’t had any hummignbirds yet. Reading this post has me wonderig if I should put them in a better place. Hmmm.. Great pictures. You are so patient.

  19. kmkat says

    May 27, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    A hummingbird hovered about a foot in front of my face and stared at me once when I was sitting on my deck. It was scary!

  20. Teyani says

    May 28, 2010 at 11:29 am

    hummers are so incredible. I don’t see many around here yet, but hopefully it will warm up here soon too.

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