All in one morning

Hiya BB, great photos of the owls and the hummers. I just put my feeders out this week and haven't had any takers yet.

The one in your last photo on 4/21 at 3:34 is a Rufous hummingbird.

Thanks for sharing your secrets - how in the WORLD did you take a photo without hands - the one at 6:33 on April 20th shows your two hands holding the feeder. Are you three-armed or do you have the luxury of a tripod :)

I appreciate the smile-makers!

Again, I say wow! And I seem to have is Rufous and they are ALL hyperactive! I was outside a bit ago and they are just buzzing all over the place - constantly! I'm still in awe over all those darling, calm little Hummers you have sitting there at the same feeder!

Thanks for the info...Rufous, it is then, and I don't want anymore..he is a mean one ! Seems to upset them all.

Hineni: If you mean April 20 3:33, one hand. Wish I did have a tripod..would make it easier ! If I had two free hands I would try holding two caps full of water.

Here's a brave little one who finally decided to sit on my hand.

Thanks Resin....I didn't know you were from Texas..or were you just visiting there ? I've never seen the Rufous here in the three years that I have lived here, he must be a lost one. Is it the breed of him that makes him fight, or because he's a male ?

Ooops! Forgot this . . .

Resin:
Most people stop here but don't stay..(lol) Oregon is nice, thought about moving there one of these days.

Gotta go to work soon but I will get more pics of it tomorrow. So why is it you know so much about birds..do you do something related in your work..or just happen to like them ?

Gotta go before I'm late...thanks for all the help !

Good thing - a lot of us depend on you, Resin!!

Ditto, Murmur. I have lots of printed material on hummers, plus the Internet as a reference, and I still can't make sense of them most of the time. We were in Costa Rica several years ago and my word! you wouldn't believe how many different types are there.

Little did I know I what I really needed was a Resin by my side to answer my questions!

I have been trying to get a picture of this guy in my yard...not very close one but will do. Does Trois check in here? He told me "determination pays off." I was determined Trois!

Today I'll have dd take a picture of my blue jay taking a peanut off my head! Sandy, we both have the same love for birds and irises!

Very nice pic weegy!!! Yes trois is here quite a bit.

Good, he'll see my oriole! Still waiting for the jay.

Not an oriole?!?!!?!?

Poor Weege - we have a steady parade of orioles, but none of those warblers! Great picture!

Male orioles are very high strung, alert looking birds and they make a loud clicking noise - you'll probably hear them before you see them. Any palm trees around your place? They nest in them. Do you have a feeder out?

Well whatever he is, I hope he stays. He eats from the hummingbird feeder, what else can I entice him with. Yes there are lots of palm trees around.

Well the bully never came back..or at least not yesterday. The hummingbirds are content again. Wanted to get a better pic of it but glad he has moved on....that one hummingbird I can do without out. I feel sorry for those of you that have that kind.
I'll get more pics later...gotta rest, I hurt my back moving a big tub of potting soil.

Still no stinkin' hummingbirds for me in Gwinnett County, Ga. Go ahead and send that bully to Atlanta, Betterbloom. Better than nothin'!

Dd got a picture of the blue jay...flying away!

hey: You won't want him....he runs off all the others. Meanie little guy! He isn't a regular in this area so who knows where he went to.

weegy- I would try a Nut n Berry mix, thats what mine seemed to like.

Weegy, I could make you a hat that will have a bowl on top of it ! You can fill it peanuts so the bluejay will stay awhile.

What do you want in trade! That's actually not a bad idea, smartie!

A picture of you wearing this hat (lol).

I've got your Bewilderbeast dug and drying by the way. Tomorrow I'll dig the collection for you. Sorry to get off the subject.
Where is that jay bird? Earlier when dd snapped the picture of the jay flying away, I whistled and he came right to me. My kids are calling me Mother Nature. Isn't that special??!!?

Very special, weegy12. Still waiting on that Jay pic.

trois

Well you know what I'd call you...peanut head ! You can whistle...I'm impressed, never could do it, even as a kid.

No hurry on my order, when you have time. I just spend all morning in ER, I should not try to move things heavier than me ! Four pain pills & one shot later and my back still hurts.

Hope you feel better soon, BB. I had a shot a week ago Thursday and it fixed me right up. Darn discs!

That hummer went to my sister's place in Eugene, OR - it's the only kind she gets. OTOH, they get lots of other pretty birds I never see here.

Thanks kaperc, he was going to give me something else but I had to drive home. I'm saving the vicodin for pm so I can finally get a good nights rest.

If that was the only kind of hummer I had I would not have feeders. He was so hyperactive he never sat for one second, always busy running the others off.

Now where did Weegy go...must be trying to tape a bowl on her head !

LOL Sandy. I have to wait til you send it. That darn jay hasn't returned. So I'd look pretty stupid with the bowl on my head while my neighbor was visiting wouldn't I?

Weegy: Stop that ! Laughing makes my back hurt ! Besides, anything that I make you're not going to want your neighbor to see either.

Just tell your neighbor you have started carrying snacks around and this leaves your hands free.

Oh sorry Sandy. Actually go check ebay and you'll see what I've been doing!

Yeah to dig more irises Trois!

better: I saw a picture of a beautiful bird with a yellow head and black body...couldn't locate it in my bird book...you showed a picture of a yellow headed blackbird a while ago...that must be it. Have you seen any more??
I LOVED the pics you showed us of the hummers. I feel lucky just to have one...the pic of SIX on your feeder at one time....AMAZING....thanks.
JoyceDee

Joyce: Last year I had to try like heck to get a couple of the yellow-headed blackbirds to come into my yard, this year i have tons. I will get another pic of them tomorrow. The hummers are still coming, by summer I will probably need three or four feeders.

Trois: I like that answer as to why weegy would be carrying a bowl on her head.