Cute.For those among us, afraid to ask, wanting to know why these marvelous creatures “hum”….
It’s because they do not know the words….
We used to have that happen quite often in the milking parlor, the little guys would keep trying to get out through the window panes then get stunned, so we carry them outside, ungrateful little things wouldn't even say thank you.Had this fellow fly into the cabin and once it got fixed on a window it wouldn’t fly out the open door. We had to evict it manually. It took a moment to get its bearing then flew away unharmed. What I found to be remarkable is how hot its body was in my hand!
IMG_0111 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
Hope I do as well. I'll be 79 in 3 weeks, and the dang Agent Orange is not kind to me.Hey Moose,
Just for fun, let me know when the Hummingbirds leave New Hampshire and I will let you know when they have gone from Northern Alabama. Should be interesting. I hope I live long enough to see their return next spring.
….. I’m moving to SoCal…..SoCal may be screwed up politically (no “may” about it!) but we get hummers year-round.
I have seen them eat ants that get on the feeders, one ruby throat male will hover up where the wire hanger hooks to the tree limb at our back deck and pick them off as they go down the wire. Took me a while to figure out what he was up to. They also eat mosquitos.If so it must be some awful small insects.
They do have a memory. They will go to where you had feeders last year.While you have a cleaner down to clean and refill they will be looking for it. In spring have had them looking for last year's feeders when we were tardy getting them set up.
For those among us, afraid to ask, wanting to know why these marvelous creatures “hum”….
It’s because they do not know the words….
That means, even though they fly thousands of miles in their yearly migration, and see thousands of houses, they remember where your house is, and where the feeders used to be. And, it's probably not just your house, but they remember every house with a feeder along their route!They do have a memory. They will go to where you had feeders last year.
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