Comments on: Tamed Humming-birds Sip Honey (Jun, 1934)

By: alan whiteman

alan whiteman — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:04:14 +0000

1992/3:Gran canaria;tree with green?grey-blue Humming Birds,

-almost invisible-few saw them
next visit,them and their tree had gone
—no explanation.
There are no Humming Birds on
any of the islands
?-were they Yours . . .
islands lost something,for me
. . . . .regards Alan

By: StanFlouride

StanFlouride — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:37:44 +0000

I think Mr Ayers is wearing bright red lipstick (and those eyelashes look suspiciously long and full).

By: MrG

MrG — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:56:04 +0000

When they’re swarming around the feeder they don’t pay anyone much mind. They’ll fly around your head well within an arm’s reach. Our reaction times must seem glacial to them. Cheers — MrG / http://www.vectorsite.net/gblog.html

By: slim

slim — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:46:53 +0000

Humming birds are brave little buggers. I think they know they can out maneuver anything that tried to touch them.

By: MrG

MrG — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:46:51 +0000

I’m reading a (fairly technical) book about pollinators and it says that there are some people who have painted on lipstick, took a mouthful of sweet wine, and then stood next to a hummingbird feeder with their lips pursed. The hummingbirds would drink right out of their mouth.

My dad, who is a relaxed sort, once simply stood near a feeder with his hand held out and a hummingbird decided to roost on his hand.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:11:17 +0000

After my dad retired to live in the woods in northern MN, he taught chickadees to take sunflower seeds from his outstretched palm and then from between his lips; he would have chickadees swarming around him whenever he went for a walk . . . .

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:24:42 +0000

Stupid Pet Tricks, circa 1934. Maybe Stupid Human Tricks.

By: Torgo

Torgo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:11:55 +0000

Oh come on! Humming birds just go after anything red. If you wear a red shirt they buzz all around you. I doubt this bird is tame, it’s just ignoring the guy.