Anyone seen hummingbirds yet?

[Gary Majchrzak]

I'm a big fan of hummers :fun4:

 

[solRNY]

i heard one last year, i ran for my life sounded like a gigantic bubble bee! but have not heard them this year yet

 

[museumguy]

Has anybody here ever been to an indoor hummingbird aviary display?

 

[oneradtek202]

I'm a big fan of hummers :fun4:

oh boy...

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

wha... you don't believe me Brandon? :lol:

Anyhoot.... I've never been to an indoor hummer display but I have been to southern Arizona where the most species of hummers occur in the USA.

I also have VHS tapes of hummers

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

oh...

oh...

and I used to have a hummer t-shirt but I wore it out :sad1:

Couldn't kill the trumpetvine at our previous house but it had a window right next to it and you could watch the rubythroats slurp up all the insects really close up.

 

[shawna1972]

ive never seen one

i have always wanted to

Jon get some feeders up and wait

 

[shawna1972]

and I used to have a hummer t-shirt but I wore it out :sad1:

Couldn't kill the trumpetvine at our previous house but it had a window right next to it and you could watch the rubythroats slurp up all the insects really close up.

See Gary you got to rub it in hahahahaha I know I dont know what Im doing wrong! but yeah would love to get one to take off for me.I want one for the hummingbirds as I dont really enjoy the ants! So I would plant it away from the house but close enough to watch them.

 

[museumguy]

wha... you don't believe me Brandon? :lol:

Anyhoot.... I've never been to an indoor hummer display but I have been to southern Arizona where the most species of hummers occur in the USA.

I also have VHS tapes of hummers

Sonoran desert Gary?

 

[shawna1972]

I dont think so but humming are suppose to like the apple flowers right? I have no idea why the monarchs are here every year. maybe because my yard is kinda damp most of the time? not sure. not too many flowers in the yard either but every year there about 10 at any given time. I saw something interesting about monarchs on "life" about how they migrate to Mexico every winter.

Nice! I dont have any around in the summer.

 

[shawna1972]

there is a place in Pismo Beach...near my brother's house...eucalyptus trees...if you walk into them and stand there...you can see the trees moving....MILLIONS OF MONARCHS. it's absolutely the most incredible sight...

wow interesting

 

[shawna1972]

i heard one last year, i ran for my life sounded like a gigantic bubble bee! but have not heard them this year yet

hahahaha they do lol

 

[shawna1972]

Has anybody here ever been to an indoor hummingbird aviary display?

No but that would be amazing! I always get the green/and ruby throat but last year for the first time I saw the most beautiful humming bird and the squeek he made was not like the regular hummers Im used to hearing,I looked out my window at my feeder and seen a golden hummer "Like shiny bright gold" I looked it up and It was a Rufous Hummer "So awesome" I have him on camcorder :dance:
But it would be amazing to see all the different species of hummers.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Sonoran desert Gary?

yeah... I'm a desert freak. I've got cactus growing outside in my garden. If you wear a bright colored shirt in the Sonoran desert the hummers will try and land on you.

We had a hummer nest right outside our front window last year. If they return I'll (very carefully!) try and get some pix.

 

[museumguy]

yeah... I'm a desert freak. I've got cactus growing outside in my garden. If you wear a bright colored shirt in the Sonoran desert the hummers will try and land on you.

We had a hummer nest right outside our front window last year. If they return I'll (very carefully!) try and get some pix.

I'll be heading to an Invertebrates in Captivity Conference in the Sonoran Desert later this summer. Its hosted in part by the Sonoran Desert Museum which has an indoor hummingbird garden, one of only about half a dozen such aviaries in the country. Can't wait to go collecting for bugs and such in the desert in the dead of night. I guess they catch some really crazy stuff each year.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Its hosted in part by the Sonoran Desert Museum which has an indoor hummingbird garden, one of only about half a dozen such aviaries in the country.

Tad- you just jogged my memory. I've been to the Sonoran Desert Museum and I've been to that aviary.
Humor me- is there any way I could (maybe) get in on this bug collecting trip?

 

[museumguy]

No but that would be amazing! I always get the green/and ruby throat but last year for the first time I saw the most beautiful humming bird and the squeek he made was not like the regular hummers Im used to hearing,I looked out my window at my feeder and seen a golden hummer "Like shiny bright gold" I looked it up and It was a Rufous Hummer "So awesome" I have him on camcorder :dance:
But it would be amazing to see all the different species of hummers.

Rufous hummers are amazing. They are only generally native to the west coast, as far north as Alaska in the summer, but have been seen popping up all over the place the last decade or so. I talked to a woman a couple months ago who had to rescue one from bad winter weather in Virginia, and they've been seen all over Ohio too.

People in California are pretty lucky. They get about 5x the number of species we get of hummers and get them almost year round. Yesterday I spoke to a hummer rehabber from Los Angeles that rescues over 500 hummers each year.

 

[museumguy]

Tad- you just jogged my memory. I've been to the Sonoran Desert Museum and I've been to that aviary.
Humor me- is there any way I could (maybe) get in on this bug collecting trip?

As far as I know the conference is open to the public if you pay to attend...
http://www.sasionline.org/

I know they do have some talks on Marine and Freshwater inverts most years.

 

[shawna1972]

Rufous hummers are amazing. They are only generally native to the west coast, as far north as Alaska in the summer, but have been seen popping up all over the place the last decade or so. I talked to a woman a couple months ago who had to rescue one from bad winter weather in Virginia, and they've been seen all over Ohio too.

People in California are pretty lucky. They get about 5x the number of species we get of hummers and get them almost year round. Yesterday I spoke to a hummer rehabber from Los Angeles that rescues over 500 hummers each year.

Wow, Yeah I was pretty excited 500 rescues! Unreal God love em

 

[shawna1972]

I'll be heading to an Invertebrates in Captivity Conference in the Sonoran Desert later this summer. Its hosted in part by the Sonoran Desert Museum which has an indoor hummingbird garden, one of only about half a dozen such aviaries in the country. Can't wait to go collecting for bugs and such in the desert in the dead of night. I guess they catch some really crazy stuff each year.

Any chance you can get some pics of the different species we dont see here in NY? That would be awesome!