By a show of hands, how many of you have hung a bird feeder in your backyard, filled it with that high quality (read expensive) seed only to have it hang there all alone without nary a bird in site? I have had that happen to me more times than I can count and it still doesn’t bother me. Just the thought that I am doing something nice for Mother Nature and that maybe one day, just maybe, a hungry bird will show up and I’ll be ready. Well, my wait has finally ended!
Just recently, I hung a hummingbird feeder outside the window in our garden. It was one of those bright, colorful ones that has this brass sort of material and looks sort of steam punk. Then, I proceeded to fill it with that sugary syrup they like so much (no wonder they are so fast and jittery!) and went inside, not expecting too much for my endeavors. I couldn’t have been more wrong!
Just a little while later the same day, I noticed what looked like a very large bee outside my window which I normally wouldn’t have given a second thought to, although I love bees, but something seemed different about it. I decided to get a closer look and, low and behold, it was my very first hummingbird sighting! I had barely gotten the feeder hung and I already had a visitor. I was in awe; this tiny little bird flapping its wings at an insane speed and sipping nectar from our new hummingbird feeder! What are the odds of that! I was elated and I couldn’t wait to get a picture of it to show off to my readers, but that fast little bird was gone before I could even get my iPhone out.
As you may recall from a previous post about hummingbirds, the hummingbird has a very high metabolism and can flap their wings at an astounding 50-70 times per second. Hummingbirds can fly backwards, sideways and forwards at speeds up to 34 mph. Do you wonder why they are called hummingbirds? It’s not because they can hum a tune, the name came from the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies barely audible to humans and sounding like a slight hum. The more you know!
I’m not saying that everyone that hangs a hummingbird feeder will see one the very same day, but why not give it a try? These are some really cool little birds and they are a lot of fun to watch.
Do you have a hummingbird feeder at your home? How many hummingbirds come round? Click here to leave a comment and share your opinion and experience. Would love to hear from you.
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Check out this Avant Garden Looking Glass Hummingbird Feeder.
It looks absolutely beautiful in your garden or on your patio.
Aww. I love humming birds! And that feeder you linked to looks pretty. I’ve always used the liquid feed for humming birds, have never tried offering them seed.
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So, perhaps I need to rewrite the first part? I was saying I had put up feeders for those types of birds who do eat seeds and never had much luck attracting birds to come round.
I can say hummingbirds do not eat seeds.
Thanks for stopping by and sorry if I was not clear.
Enjoy your day. 🙂
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I know what you mean. We have trumpet vines and a mimosa tree that attract the hummingbirds. I never get tired of seeing them outside our window.
That’s so inspiring that you are consciously making note every day of things that make you smile. We need more of that in our world 🙂
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Yes Peter, they like those for sure. Here in Las Vegas there are the certain cactus they like and of course we have trumpet vines and such. (As you might imagine, certain things simply do not grow well at 2,000 feet elevation and the extreme heat.)
You know, I got tired of all the negativity around us. That is why I make an effort not to watch the ‘news’ or read the gossip or celebrity stuff. I have wasted so much time scrolling through Yahoo News and for what? I just avoid it and look for the positive stuff that makes me smile that is around us all the time.
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First, I’ve ever only seen one hummingbird, and that was in Memphis; I don’t even know if we have them here.
Second, my wife & I decided years ago not to encourage more animals to stop by the house than already come. When we first moved in and saw deer in the backyard once we thought that was pretty cool. Then those bad boys ate all the plants on the side & front of the house and that was that. lol
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You have / had deer in your yard? Cool!
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You’d think so wouldn’t you? I thought so… until the lady next door got Lyme disease from a deer tick… ugh!
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The only thing me feeders ever attract are squirrels lol. I’ve attempted to have feeders in my backyard but it never works out. The squirrels scare all of the beautiful birds away. I now stick to aquarium fish. They tend to be easier to watch lol
The squirrels like humming bird food?
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Yeah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6-xhw-aYCA
Oh my. Well, it makes perfect sense though really.
Thanks for sharing.
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