We’ve put a couple of hummingbird feeders here at our condo. We had a regular bird feeder up for a while, but they asked us to take it down for a while to keep the rodents away.
For more information on hummingbird, see this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird
When we put our first feeder up, we had a dominate male that chased all the other birds away. So we got a larger feeder so that he wouldn’t be able to dominate anymore. Well, we got a lot of hummers! At times there’s 12 different birds trying to feed at the same time. Here’s our first feeder:
And our second larger feeder:
Now we’re having to fill the feeders twice a day! We’re always looking for a sale on sugar, and having to boil syrup every night. But we enjoy watching their antics and we can hear them buzzing trying to get to the feeders.
I haven’t had much success getting good photos of the hummers. They fly to fast and can be out of focus quickly. Here’s the best ones I’ve taken so far:
I can’t seem to get the bird to pop out of the background. I’ll keep trying, it gives me a good assignment.
Come visit us and enjoy our flying circus!
1 comment:
I put up a feeder late in the season at home in MO and only attracted a couple. Your right about the pictures even setting my Canon manually for a fast shutter I was only able to get one shot worth posting. Judy of the Travel with Emma blog does wonders with her hummers. I am going to ask for some tips as she has a Canon also. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna.
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