My niece sent me this, pretty cool:

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This is something I have never seen before, or ever even heard of. This lady lives in a Hummingbird fly zone. As they migrated, about 20 of them were in her yard. She took the little red dish, filled it with sugar water and this is the result.

The Woman is Abagail Alfano of Pine, Louisiana - she has been studying them daily and one morning put the cup from the feeder, with water in it, in her hand; as they had gotten used to her standing by the feeder they came over to her hand. She says in touching they are as light as a feather. Abagail also said, 'if she had known her husband was taking pictures she would have put on makeup.'

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Har - haven't heard that in a coon's age! They are pretty amazing little buggers.

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Dan Seals and Dash Crofts.........Always liked those guys!!

My Dad used to put Colored (red) sugar water (hafta color it so the humming birds know its there) in a feeder and they loved to watch them.

Only problem was keeping the bees away.

Gary

Neat pics.

From wikipedia:

With the exception of insects, hummingbirds while in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings. Their heart rate can reach as high as 1,260 beats per minute, a rate once measured in a Blue-throated Hummingbird [1]. They also typically consume more than their own weight in nectar each day, and to do so they must visit hundreds of flowers daily. At any given moment, they are only hours away from starving.

Talk about a cardio workout!

Matthew

wow.

hummers are cute little critters.

I haven't seen these pics in a while. Great camera work!