Humming birds

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I put a feeder out on the front porch about a week ago… their numbers have gone from 2 females…to about 10 females and 2 males… they drink all their gogo juice in 2 days now… and they fight worse than cats… but their still pretty awesome… i also put seed out in the back the cardinals have taken the seed horde over… equally dicks to each other…lol

I also almost caught a fledgling hawk… he jumped under a fence and just stared at me… was a smaller black/ white hawk… all ive ever seen here is red tails…

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The bird sanctuary I go to has a fledgling red tailed I think. He’s adorable. I see humming birds occasionally. They really like my moms butterfly bushes.

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Im unsure what kind it is… he looks painted for war…or a dethmetal show…lol…maybe thats what baby redtails look like…

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that’s totally cool! I love birds so much. You’re very lucky to have them hanging around.

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That’s a Kestrel, or Sparrow Hawk! I LOVE them! You’re so lucky to see one so close.

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We have a hummingbird feeder on our front porch. It’s ruled by one Anna’s Hummingbird male (they’re such jerks!) :grin: He wastes so much energy chasing every other hummingbird away, but he doesn’t know that. I played a recording of an Anna’s call and when he heard it he came right up to me to see who the intruder was…so gutsy!

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The hawk wasnt even bothered i chased em… it let me talk to him for a good 10 mins. Very pretty for a raptor…

Humming birds are about as brave as sparrows.

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I’m not sure if all hummingbirds do this, but the hummingbirds where I live. make a unique clicking chirp.

Here’s an example

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We must have the same type. They like to fight and chirp at each other… in my head its all yo momma jokes lol…

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Flame, I could see you trying to hand-feed hummingbirds. :smile:

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This is the 35th summer I have been feeding the hummingbirds here. I started small with just one little feeder. I got up to 21 48oz and was going through 10lbs of sugar a day. So I cut back on my feeder to just 11 of them. It work for a few years. But this year during the peak of the hummingbirds, I was going through 9lbs of sugar a day.

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