Some pics-----

Al Hansen

Al Hansen

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Chili inspecting my work on the new blind.

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Oblivious-----NOT!

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Hard to imagine that a hummer will suck nectar for up to 4 1/2 seconds in this position. I have timed them. That has to be an eternity for those little guys.

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Close up of a rufous male hummingbird

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The umbrella

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Beauty-------

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And the Beast------Avian Cholera
Sometimes in just hours they can go from looking very healthy to dead.

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Snow geese don't handle certain types of stress very well.

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Al,

Heck Chilli doesn't get to excited about cows...the dog I have right now is half border collie and half lab.....I would have to screw his feet down with a couple of grabber screws to keep him from trying to "herd" that cow...upon occasion he becomes a pain in the butt with that behavior.
 
You take some amazing photos! Those blues sure are pretty birds. I'll be watching for the completed blind photos. Thanks for sharing
 
Al,
Great photos. Thanks for sharing.
Since Mr. Mueller is now on board I thought of some photos of some tropical birds he made a few years ago. I believe one was a toucan in fact and it worked. Anyway, how easy is it for you to find all the hummers? What would some hummer decoys do? Oversize, singles or a "flock". Talk about difficult paint jobs to get realistic.
 
Kevin,
Bev and I have four feeders up on the patio that hold a total of two gallons of nectar. There are 26 separate feeders. In July and August it is quite normal to see anywhere from 100 to 300 hummers at the feeders at one time. I can stand within 15 inches of them. Now all I need to do is use the right lens!
Al

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As you can see, it does get rather hectic around here at times.
 
we've been in the same house now for 15 years and have established our "area" as prime Rufouus Hummingbird territory feeding as much as a gallon a day to whenthe young birds are off the nest and we get a cold, dreary,day.....the biggest difference here is that our birds are so territorial that they never get in those mass groups unless it just before dark on a really nasty days....by then its too dark to get a decent picture of them....

Many years ago I spent some time in the Santa Rita's in Arizona....the Nature Conservancy had property there that had mass displays of up to (6) different species of Hummingbirds constantly swarming the feeders......your pictures make me want to go back.......maybe its time......

Great pictures...

Steve
 
HOLY @*&#!!!!
The Ruby Throats here try to kill each other if two show up to the feeder at once.
That is so freakin cool!

Tim
 
Hey Al - That pintail is awesome.......the cow reminds me of a day many years ago. We had gunned some early season geese and about 9 the farmer sends about 50 dairy cattle out into the field where we are set up. We were scrambling to get the deeks picked up before they got stomped and out of the corner of my eye I see my lab take a short run at one of the heard. The cow freaks and the dog wags her tail and gets ready to try for a few more. I had to put her on a lead for a while to give us time to pick up and keep her away from the best new game in town.

sarge
 
Dick,
I'll bet you guys did hustle when you saw the Holsteins? heading your way. Chili on the other hand will ignore them. Only one time did she bark and growl ferociously. We were in a blind when she was a pup (8 months old) when one of Ted Turner's bull bison got out of his ranch---Armendaris--- and ended up grazing not but 40 yards from us. Boy, was that a sight. Did I have my camera that day? Of course not.
Al
 
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