The Hummers are back for the summer !!

[wilson]

Saw the first hummer of the season about 4 days ago but could only get a couple of shots today ,will post tomorrow !

[Tim in Milton]

Nice. The orioles have been here a few days now (as well as the indigos, waxwings, gros beaks etc)) but not seen the hummers yet.

[kerfin]

I get a kick out of this every spring:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html

[Don Kondra]

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/h...pring2012.html

Hummers May 12.jpg

They arrived here last year on May 17...

Cheers, Don

[Chimera]

My mother reported her hummers were back on Wed.

That is a week or so early for them...usually we use mother's day as the mark of when the feeders should go up...I guess we will get ours up today

Then it's back to shop mudding for me....

[Max In Sudbury]

Wednesday here as well.

[ed on manitoulin]

Saw our first pair yesterday Wilson!

[Bill R.]

Where we live here in BC the OK they have arrived on an average of Apr. 15th this yr. it was the 21st and as of a few days ago there are so many we put up the sec. 2 lt. feeder. With the nights getting down to freezing they line up until dark to fill up for the night. ruby throat, green backs, black chin and rufus are the kinds we get here.

Bill R

[wilson]

Hummers & stuff 007 [640x480].JPGHummers & stuff 010 [640x480].JPGHummers & stuff 009 [640x480].JPGHummers & stuff 004 [640x480].JPGHummers & stuff 003 [640x480].JPGWe have 3 pairs of grosbeaks ,2 pairs cardinals & right now we have 1 pair of hummers & they are fighting already ,must be an older couple LOL !

[Bill R.]

Those cardinals and grosbeaks are beautiful , no cardinals here and the grosbeaks are yellow and black.having a snooze.jpg
Here's a baby having a snooze at the feeder last yr.

Bill R

[wilson]

How cute LOL !
I`ve never seen a baby grosbeak yet !
I think that is an evening grosbeak baby ,we almost never see them here !

[wilson]

Birds 002 [640x480].JPGBirds 007 [640x480].jpgBirds 005 [640x480].JPGLook what i saw on the feeders this am ,first time in yrs ! no sure if its only one pair or two ,thought i saw two males but not sure !

[Don Kondra]

Mine arrived today 2

First a female showed up about four this afternoon, set up the camera and caught the male about twenty minutes later... three days earlier than last year.

Heavy crop through a dirty window but I got him...

First male.jpg

And this morning I caught a female yellow bellied sapsucker, the first sighting in 28 years in this location.

Female sapsucker.jpg

Cheers, Don

[dave/peterborough]

Great shots Don.

[Bill R.]

For the first time ever we have a pair of California quail move in and nest here.
Qauil pics. 003.jpg
Bill R

[Jacques Leclerc]

Hummer came in this afternoon in my neck of the wood
Jacques

[matt.mackinnon]

They finally decided to visit my house. It was a Green Violate-er that came calling. Visited about 4 times and as he kept comming back I decided to get out the camera and take a photo.



They are really amazing to see them hover around and fast as a whip.

[dwoody]

This guy has been hanging around our feeders for about a week now.
IMG_2027b.jpg

[Don Kondra]

Some fun during coffee break, a little lady shaking in the rain



Cheers, Don

[wilson]

Cute pic Don !
Great pic Matt !