On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 2:15:24 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>
> > On 01/05/2021 16:42, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 5/1/2021 11:37 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > On 5/1/2021 11:00 AM, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 1 May 2021 09:55:14 -0400, jmcquown
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 5/1/2021 5:12 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > > > On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 5:12:02 PM UTC-4,
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 4/30/2021 10:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On 30/04/2021 13:56, Gary wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On 4/29/2021 7:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > FYI, so far I'm not feeling any ill effects from
> > > > > > > > > > > the 2nd vaccine. The nurse told me to help
> > > > > > > > > > > alleviate the sore arm, exercise the arm. I've
> > > > > > > > > > > been flapping it occasionally like I'm doing a one
> > > > > > > > > > > sided chicken dance (LOL) since I got home.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > You also could flap your arm faster like a
> > > > > > > > > > hummingbird.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ===
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Ahh but can she hummmmm ? ))
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Humminbirds don't actually hum, they chirp (rather
> > > > > > > > quietly). It's their wings that make a sort of humming
> > > > > > > > sound.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In my experience they chirp disproportionately loudly for
> > > > > > > their size, especially during the migration when they're
> > > > > > > defending the feeder. They not much quieter than a
> > > > > > > woodpecker's chirp.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > I suppose in proportion to their size their chirps are rather
> > > > > > loud. I only hear them when I have the windows open in the
> > > > > > den, kicked back with a book. It's already too humid by
> > > > > > Noon to have the windows open.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jill
> > > > >
> > > > I spoke a little too soon about humid. I went outside to refill
> > > > the bird feeder
> > > [CORRECTION: bird BATH]
> > > > and discovered, unlike yesterday when it was already 80°F and
> > > > humid outside, today it is a cool, breezy 60-something!
> > > >
> > > > I've opened the windows so when I go into the den I might
> > > > actually hear the chirps of the hummingbirds and the quick beat
> > > > of their wings. (They sound to me like the sound effect used for
> > > > the light sabers in 'Star Wars'.)
> > > >
> > > > > They are pretty tough little birds. Before I moved here I had a
> > > > > feeder on the deck and they would fly to it, flying between
> > > > > David and I eating our dinner, not in the least concerned!
> > > > >
> > > > Indeed, they are tough little birds. They don't seem to mind
> > > > buzzing around people. I was sitting on the patio a few years
> > > > ago and happened to be wearing a red shirt. A hummingbird
> > > > hovered right in front of my face. They do seem to like red
> > > > (but NO, don't dye the nectar in the feeder).
> > > >
> > > > > One year a grackle decided to nest in our pine tree, not
> > > > > logical, totally out of place by the sea for a grackle. The
> > > > > two grackles saw off all our usual birds that year but not the
> > > > > hummingbirds! They didn't even try to mess and terrorise them!
> > > > >
> > > > Ugh, Grackles. Yes, Hummingbirds are notoriously territorial.
> > > > They don't take guff from any bird except perhaps, hawks. LOL
> > > >
> > > > When it was still "wintery" (heh) down here I filled the suet
> > > > cage. I started seeing lots of brown-headed cowbirds. They're
> > > > about like grackles in terms of running off all the songbirds
> > > > and invading territory. I quickly brought the suet cage
> > > > inside. They moved on.
> > > >
> > > > > When I moved here I put out a feeder over the grassy area I see
> > > > > from my diningroom. A lady who lived in a house below our
> > > > > fence called over to me and told me that humming birds don't
> > > > > come here. She was totally correct. Someone else put out a
> > > > > hummer feeder last year without success. Apparently they come
> > > > > as far as a few streets over, but never nearer.
> > > > >
> > > > They pick out their spots. A lot of it has to do with where they
> > > > can build their nests and get to them before the sun sets.
> > > > Hummingbirds are very weird. They go into a state of torper
> > > > just after dusk. I've seen documentaries where researchers have
> > > > found their nests and if you touch a hummingbird in torpor it
> > > > doesn't move, it doesn't wake up. Their bodies cool down, their
> > > > whole metabolism and heart rate slows and they're out like a
> > > > light. Until the sun starts to rise... then the process
> > > > reverses itself. I find it fascinating.
> > > >
> > > > Gary likes to make fun of my enjoyment of bird watching. What's
> > > > not to like? They're pretty and most of them sing. Aside from
> > > > keeping the hummingbird feeder cleaned and filled from March -
> > > > October or so, in the warmer months I don't feed the other
> > > > birds. I do keep fresh water in a small bird bath year round.
> > > > Birds always need a source of fresh water. That's enough to
> > > > attract a number of very pretty visitors.
> > > >
> > > > Jill
> >
> > ====
> >
> > We have 2 birdfeeders and a bird table so I understand what you are
> > saying)))
> >
> > Oh yes, a bird bath too
>
> Saw a red cardinal 2 days ago! They were at my bird feeder.


You had to include 200 lines of quoted text in your thirteen - word reply, you ignorant ****...???

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Greg