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[raratt]

They freak me out a little too...I prefer to watch them from a distance...They look like giant killer bees

I had a little female that would get within arms length when I was watering on the patio. I think she was just curious, it was kinda like "Hi, what are you?" It was startling at the time but cool. Had one do the same when I was picking peaches up on the ladder in the tree.

 

[Laughing Grass]

They freak me out a little too...I prefer to watch them from a distance...They look like giant killer bees

And they're loud when they fly by your head.

 

[Tangerine_]

I get quite a lot of hummingbirds at our feeders at camp. I love sitting on the porch and watching them but there's this one male that keeps chasing all the girls away from the feeder. He's kind of a dink. Mr Tang named him Chowder, lol

 

[manfredo]

@Paul Drake Beachcombing could be in order today...

October surprise: Lifeguard discovers 40+ pounds of marijuana hidden in washed up life vest

The week before a series of packages washed up on at least three Indian River County beaches including Golden Sands Beach Park, just north of Wabasso

www.yahoo.com

"Otto couldn't be reached for comment this week"....Yeah, because he was home smoking the free ganja he scored.

Back when I was a teenager living in Melbourne Florida, we use to go to the beach to watch for bales floating in, and sea turtles. Did see a few turtles but never a bale of weed. I did buy a bag of sea weed once, and it was un-smokable no matter what I did to it...It apparently got wet with saltwater.

 

[Metasynth]

I really like hummingbirds. We have a lot visit my yard to feed on the flowers when my succulents bloom. Though it takes like 15-20 of them to make a good meal.

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

I really like hummingbirds. We have a lot visit my yard to feed on the flowers when my succulents bloom. Though it takes like 15-20 of them to make a good meal.

You must get the big ones or you eat like a bird lol

 

[manfredo]

I really like hummingbirds. We have a lot visit my yard to feed on the flowers when my succulents bloom. Though it takes like 15-20 of them to make a good meal.

I've been getting flocks of Mourning Doves at my feeders, and they are pretty big...might be able to pass them off as Cornish game hens if times get tough!!

Actually they are great because they clean up all the seed on the ground from the piggy Blue jays...or maybe they are cohorts in crime!

 

[raratt]

And they're loud when they fly by your head.

These guys kinda squeak when flying, Rufous. Not my pic.


When the Anna's do a mating dance the male flies really high and dive bombs the female and makes a loud chirp sound when he pulls back up at the bottom of the U. It comes from their tail feathers

Mystery Solved: This Hummingbird Chirps With Its Tail (Published 2008)

A male Anna’s hummingbird emits a loud and quick chirp during its mating display by using its tail.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Tangerine_]

"Otto couldn't be reached for comment this week"....Yeah, because he was home smoking the free ganja he scored.

Back when I was a teenager living in Melbourne Florida, we use to go to the beach to watch for bales floating in, and sea turtles. Did see a few turtles but never a bale of weed. I did buy a bag of sea weed once, and it was un-smokable no matter what I did to it...It apparently got wet with saltwater.

Many years ago a ship smuggling hash got lost in a storm and ended up in one of the coves here between NB Canada and the US.

As the coastguards approached, they started heaving these yellow barrels filled with hash over board. Tons and tons of hash went into the sea that night. For weeks the coastguard had local fishermen help pull the barrels out but several were never accounted for

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

I've been getting flocks of Mourning Doves at my feeders, and they are pretty big...might be able to pass them off as Cornish game hens if times get tough!!

Actually they are great because they clean up all the seed on the ground from the piggy Blue jays...or maybe they are cohorts in crime!

Ghetto check in there with a orange zest let's not ask what the zest is made with he he he

 

[raratt]

Mourning Doves

We have Eurasian doves, they are huge. They escaped from someone's enclosure and are considered an invasive species. There is no limit on them during dove season.

 

[BudmanTX]

well today just got a little interesting.....had a couple of customer come out to take a look a junk car for parts....as they came in i told them to stop right there and don't move........

just back up and look down.......and i got this look.......


i just let him go in the back of the property, could have been a bad day for someone......

 

[Laughing Grass]

These guys kinda squeak when flying, Rufous. Not my pic.
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When the Anna's do a mating dance the male flies really high and dive bombs the female and makes a loud chirp sound when he pulls back up at the bottom of the U. It comes from their tail feathers

Mystery Solved: This Hummingbird Chirps With Its Tail (Published 2008)

A male Anna’s hummingbird emits a loud and quick chirp during its mating display by using its tail.

www.nytimes.com

I don't know what they have in Alberta. They sounded like bees to me.

 

[BudmanTX]

Hummingbirds are fun to watch........especially after a couple of puffs...js

 

[raratt]

I don't know what they have in Alberta. They sounded like bees to me.

Google knows all: https://prairiebirder.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/the-hummingbirds-of-alberta/#:~:text=The Hummingbirds of Alberta Alberta is in the,Rufous Hummingbirds are the common species in Alberta.

 

[Laughing Grass]

I don't think we have them in Southern Ontario. Never seen one anyway.

They announced eligibility for covid boosters today.

People over 70, health care workers, Native/Inuit communities and... people who have mixed doses with Astrazeneca.

front of the line baby!

 

[Laughing Grass]

Google knows all: https://prairiebirder.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/the-hummingbirds-of-alberta/#:~:text=The Hummingbirds of Alberta Alberta is in the,Rufous Hummingbirds are the common species in Alberta.

explains why so many were there.

 

[Metasynth]

well today just got a little interesting.....had a couple of customer come out to take a look a junk car for parts....as they came in i told them to stop right there and don't move........

just back up and look down.......and i got this look.......
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i just let him go in the back of the property, could have been a bad day for someone......

Red on black, you’re okay Jack

Red on yellow, will kill a fellow

 

[BudmanTX]

Red on black, you’re okay Jack

Red on yellow, will kill a fellow

yep, that could have been a bad day for someone.....glad i moved it

should have seen the customers faces when i picked it up..........

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

Google knows all: https://prairiebirder.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/the-hummingbirds-of-alberta/#:~:text=The Hummingbirds of Alberta Alberta is in the,Rufous Hummingbirds are the common species in Alberta.

That's why I don't use Google there can only be one perfect person otherwise known as a know-it-all