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Offline osage outlaw

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Hummingbirds
« on: September 12, 2010, 08:59:39 pm »
Here is a short (36 sec.) video of a swarm of hummingbirds at one of our feeders. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc-HZGA53RM
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2010, 09:38:11 pm »
They swarm like that just prior to headin' south.It's probably all females and immature birds,as the mature males have already gone.Where are you located?Ours in east Texas are'nt swarming yet,as ours usually leave in october.  God Bless
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2010, 09:54:05 pm »
S.E. IN.  We are still seeing the males too.
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 10:21:06 pm »
very cool, i love hummingbirds

i had swarms of them this past spring around my ground blind while turkey hunting
we also get some in our yard during the summer,i thinks its because of all the hostas the wife has planted
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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 10:40:11 pm »
  That's cool! Ours don't go anywhere.
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 10:59:49 pm »
Quote from: mullet on September 12, 2010, 10:40:11 pm
  That's cool! Ours don't go anywhere.
That is cool  I've never seen them swarm like that.  Ours go to Costa Rica for the winter.
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 01:12:09 am »
Man ...If I could....I'd go to Costa Rica too.......... ;)
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2010, 01:16:19 am »
Quote from: El Destructo on September 13, 2010, 01:12:09 am
Man ...If I could....I'd go to Costa Rica too.......... ;)

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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2010, 12:02:46 pm »
Not really a suggestion, as they're too pretty to kill but the thought struck me while watching that vid that it'd certainly test your skill with an arrow to attempt to skewer one in mid-flight...

Probably impossible

Nice video though, never seen them like that before.  Thanks.
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2010, 12:13:49 pm »
And I thought that the 8-10 that my dad had around the House was a Lot! We don't get them too often down here in the Desert...just see them for a couple days every year...they are too smart to stick around here and dry up and blow away......... ;D

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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2010, 12:42:45 pm »
Looks like the yellowjackets around our hummer feeder.  ;D
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2010, 12:50:07 pm »
Hey pat...these Guys built right along side of My dads Deck...and we never even knew they were there....gave me the Willies when I went out to shag soem Arrows I shot off the Deck...and walked right by them...seeing as how I am highly allergic to any Insect Sting....... :-[...these are Black Jackets

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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2010, 01:15:01 pm »
Is that yellowjackets or bald faced hornets? We sometimes get yellowjackets building nest above ground but usually only is very wet weather.
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2010, 01:33:42 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on September 13, 2010, 01:15:01 pm
Is that yellowjackets or bald faced hornets?

Black Jacket Wasps...you can tell how bad the Winters are going to be...by how High They build their Nests off the Ground...so Yooper Wisdom goes...... ;D
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Re: Hummingbirds
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2010, 07:58:02 pm »
Quote from: HatchA on September 13, 2010, 12:02:46 pm
Not really a suggestion, as they're too pretty to kill but the thought struck me while watching that vid that it'd certainly test your skill with an arrow to attempt to skewer one in mid-flight...

Probably impossible

Nice video though, never seen them like that before.  Thanks.

Me and my daughter target shoot from the front of the porch.  Those things dart all around us while we are shooting.  My wife keeps telling me that I am going to hit one. 
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