There's a humming in my ears....

It seems to be coming from the pine tree.

Hmmmm...what's that up there?

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Ohhhhhhhh...



The migration appears to have begun :D

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It starts out slowly...

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...but they bring their friends...

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...and before ya know it, it's a party!

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So pretty!

And ravenous! They went through a gallon (about 4 litres) of nectar today...and we're nowhere near the peak of the migration!

Oy!! :eek:

Wonderful pics hazel!! I love hummers. :cloud9: We don't get near enough of them here. :sad: Thank you so much for sharing yours!!! :thumbs up

Those are the most awesome photos, Hazel!! They're sooooo beautiful :lovestruck:.

I'm sure there'll be lots more...so check back frequently. The migration is only about 4 days old! :eek: And a gallon already! :yell:

Thank heaven hubby found the large-capacity feeders. :o

I absolutely love those close-up shots. :cloud9:

We get very few hummers here :sad: so I always love seeing the pics of yours. :lovestruck:

I wish I could post the sounds they make. All the chittering...and the humming, of course...but also a jet-fighter sound as they zoom in around the corner of the house and zero in on a feeder. :cloud9:

Doesn't your video camera pick it up?

I think it does...except I don't recall ever hearing that jet fighter noise. :D

There are some videos of hummers that I've posted...might be a sound track on some of them. :shrug: Hmmmm...where's growler? She actually knows the links to the videos! :laughing: I think I lost my list of them when my old computer died... :o

Here...does this one have sound?

Frenzy at the feeders... (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/973681/3753445)

There should be some more that you can get to from that page, too...

Those ones are great. :cloud9:

I only found the ones from from 2006 ...

All three hummer videos are finally ready! :o

The first was from last summer--mostly local youngsters coming to the feeders before migration. I thought there were pretty many then:

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=535022

...but pretty soon, the migration started:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=536259

...and then they just kept coming out of nowhere!:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=536339

A lot of those birds are back already--I've already had to put out all three feeders and fill them at least once a day! :eek: It's going to be an exhausting nectar replenishing summer but it's worth it to me! :D :lovestruck:

Oh, wow...I never thought of looking for old threads here. :o

I went to Yahoo! Video, played around till I finally hit the right logon and password combination :rolleyes: and then scrolled till I found one that looked like it might have been shot close enough to have sound. :o I can't tell for certain, though, since I can't play them once I upload them :wall:

Well I'm glad that we both found some for everyone that missed them to enjoy. :cloud9:

I think this is the one you're looking for: A summer hummer at Hazel Run 8-11-07 (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/957280/3719416) :D

and this one has some good sound too: Hummers in the morning sun at Hazel Run 8-17-07 (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/968043/3744093)

That is amazing!! :eek: I've never seen such a thing.. whenever I see them, they just come one at a time, although I haven't seen any at our new house yet :sad:
We just planted a whole new flower bed with Foxglove and Bellflowers :thumbs up so hopefully that will attract them, since the feeder is right beside the bed.
Thanks for sharing, Hazel!

Mollywog, if you wanna come help fill feeders, you can see them firsthand! :D Bring Molly, too. She'd have a blast! :thumbs up

Thanks for finding the links, growler! When my old machine died, I lost the file where I kept the uploaded videos. :frustrated: For some unfathomable reason (probably cuz I figured they were safe out on Yahoo! Video) I didn't back that file up :shrug: Very unhazel-like...unless I put them on a disk and then forgot where I put the disk. :o That's been known to happen. :laughing:

OMG Hazel--you're so lucky to have all them beautiful birds around. Stunning videos as well!

Ho hum...none for me this year :sad: but I'm gonna keep trying! :thumbs up

They're moving through here in numbers this week. Every time I change a feeder, hazel is mesmerized by the humming and the chittering and the zzzzrrrooooooming and we spend way more time standing in the hummingbird garden watching the show than I have time for. :o But who could resist?! :cloud9:

This evening, one curious young male was giving me the once-over, hovering in front of my face for about a minute and a half, trying to figure out what strange kind of hummingbird I was (I was humming Ave Maria at the time--a classic hummingbird tune. :D) It's just fascinating watching them up close like that. Unfortunately, the camera doesn't focus at such a short distance. :o

Wow if I see two of these a year I count myself lucky! Those videos are stunning. How very cool.

I'm still looking for helpers to fill feeders, DD! :thumbs up So any time you wanna stop over to watch them in person, you'd be welcome! :D

I just got this shot today--it's just spectacular when it fills my screen...less so when reduced, but still... :cloud9:

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I'm really lovin' the new camera! :o

Oh Madame--that is such a stunning picture. :cloud9:

I'll have to save it into my pictures and use it as a desktop display after I'm finished looking at Mollie's display! :D

I can maybe manage to send you a slightly larger version by email... :thumbs up I'll give it a try and see what my modem is capable of tonight! :D

I can maybe manage to send you a slightly larger version by email... :thumbs up I'll give it a try and see what my modem is capable of tonight! :D

That would be so kewl. Hopefully my e-mail will allow the size. :shrug:

It was only 146KB :o Even so, my modem is smokin' :rolleyes:

I cropped out some of the feeder, too.

Thank you so much Hazel!!! I'll check it out! :thumbs up