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JC4
3rd of June 2007 (Sun), 19:19
Pretty dreary here all weekend, but I got a couple fun pictures.

Ruby Throated Hummer
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1134/526201349_669b86d70b.jpg

American Gold Finch, looks more like a baby chick. My wife really likes this one.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/526201277_bee09fe28b.jpg

Not sure about this one.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/526201231_c946b3239d.jpg

He's not puffed up, but I got a half way decent shot of the Indigo Bunting thats been hanging around. I'm still hoping to catch him on a Sunny day, if we every have one :)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1045/526189701_08819b42ff.jpg

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canonloader
3rd of June 2007 (Sun), 19:30
Great shots JC. The third one is a female Brownheaded Cowbird. The finch is a great shot, looks like she's resting.
donlavange
3rd of June 2007 (Sun), 19:38
I don't think I ever saw a Hummer at rest! My Hummingbird feeder has gone silent after 4 weeks of daily activity. We were changing the solution and cleaning the feeders every 3-4 days and then missed and went 7 days during a hot spell. Have not had one since then. I must be on their crap list!
JC4
3rd of June 2007 (Sun), 20:05
Great shots JC. The third one is a female Brownheaded Cowbird. The finch is a great shot, looks like she's resting.

Thanks, and for the name. I got a couple shots of the finch all puffed up. She looks cutest in this one, because of the resting thing. The other shot was sharper, but...

I don't think I ever saw a Hummer at rest! My Hummingbird feeder has gone silent after 4 weeks of daily activity.

Bummer. My wife keeps ours changed regularly. She even has a friend come and put the feeders out before we return from FL for the summer(currently in OH), just so we won't loose our hummers. We've only seen 3 this year, most we've had is 6, but usually just 3-4 hang around each year.

The hummingbirds rest all the time here. One of our feeders hangs outside our sun room, right between a window and a Weeping Cherry tree. They love that tree. They sit there for minutes at a time. They also do their little mating dance through it and around it. A few years ago the weeping cherry died(bores). We immediately replaced it with another, for the hummers.