Hi Moose,
Thanks for the details. We almost never see anything but Ruby Throats here,
although a couple of years ago, a lost Rufous visited our feeder for a day
or so, before moving on. They have been reported in Huntsville, AL, and a
few other nearby areas, but mostly remain West of the Mississippi River.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Friday Hummer
> On 7/15/2011 12:38 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
> Another excellent hummer capture!
>
>> It would be nice if life were so simple. I've concluded that I will have
>> to
>> increase DOF before I ever get the male in focus. He always picks a
>> feeding
>> point that is out of sight from my position, and, with any sudden
>> movement,
>> he is gone. I think this stems from the fact that the females are always
>> dominant, and give the males a hard time when they approach the feeder.
>
> Interesting. The main species here, Anna's, year round, and Allen's,
> commuters, have males dominant most of the time.
> They will stake out a territory and fiercely defend it. That's annoying if
> one has feeders and would like to see more
> birds. The exception is with females with chicks, who take no crap from
> anybody, including the males.
>
> I used to have a girlfriend who rehabbed hummers, my one back deck and
> backyard full of cages all summer. She had a pair
> of abandoned Anna's eggs that hatched. Brother and sister were cute as all
> get out, and got along fine in a cage as they
> grew. Until one day - wham - the hormones kicked in, and the male started
> beating up on his sister. Even in the 4x6x8'
> final cage before release he had her cowed down into a corner of the
> bottom. We released them a bit earlier than usual,
> just to get her free of him.
>
> The real tough guys are the Rufous hummingbirds. They look like Allen's,
> but only travel through on migration. They will
> horn in on any other hummer territories.
>
> Moose
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