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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOMGOSH!!!!! I have a hummingbird feeder stuck on my window, just now there were three humming birds
sitting together on my feeder!!!!!! 🥰 🥰 🥰 It was so freaking awesome ..
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OMGOSH!!!!! I have a hummingbird feeder stuck on my window, just now there were three humming birds (Original Post)
a kennedy
15 hrs ago
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I'm so close to the feeder....and I have four, and I can tell which is which.....so busy at dusk....thats when they
a kennedy
15 hrs ago
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It's fairly common just before they get ready to go into their nightly torpor...
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12 hrs ago
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3catwoman3
(30,025 posts)1. How delightful!
We have one especially diminutive female who comes to our feeder. She darts in and out very quickly, so I never get a very long look at her. She is not only tiny but very slender.
a kennedy
(36,651 posts)3. I'm so close to the feeder....and I have four, and I can tell which is which.....so busy at dusk....thats when they
come to the feeders. I think they like a reliable place for food, its right there all the time so they dont have to work for it ..
3catwoman3
(30,025 posts)4. Our petite visitor looks to be about the size of a Cheeto, if that.
I hope to catch a picture some day, but it seems unlikely.
RB77
(122 posts)2. This might be the best news I've heard all day,
Its nice, - I like it, - thanks 🤓
LastDemocratInSC
(4,264 posts)5. What was the tune?
calimary
(91,239 posts)6. LOVE IT!!!
And THREE of them!?!?! Thats TERRIFIC!!!
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(4,668 posts)7. It's fairly common just before they get ready to go into their nightly torpor...
You will also see it happen after severe storms when the birds seek shelter. Afterwards they will often share feeders, or even plants when feeders aren't available.
One of the most interesting species in the world.
JoseBalow
(9,841 posts)8. Every little thing's gonna be alright