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Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 02:45 PM
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Old Shakie
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Found this guy hanging out on the hummingbird feeder.. I guess he's looking for a little birdie snack. I usually escort these guys to the woods but this one was not so lucky. You don't mess with my hummingbirds!
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 02:47 PM
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Wow!!!
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 02:49 PM
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Dalroo
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Wow!!! My thoughts exactly!
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 04:03 PM
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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#7871948
06/16/20 04:05 PM
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You need to refill your feeder
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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#7872048
06/16/20 05:58 PM
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HogBranch
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Do the humming birds stay around all summer? I have considered putting up a feeder as I see them in the spring but didn't know if they stay or were just passing through. I am in Stephens county also.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 06:10 PM
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 06:15 PM
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Do the humming birds stay around all summer? I have considered putting up a feeder as I see them in the spring but didn't know if they stay or were just passing through. I am in Stephens county also.
my first wave will come thru late Feb. to mid March, hang around for a few week or so, then new batches move thru staying a week or two before moving on. Usually by late May, my numbers are really down as I suspect it's nesting season (around here) but the numbers usually skyrocket by early-mid July thru the mid to late September and then dwindle on down out to late Oct. Right now I am seeing 3 regularly but had 7-9 back in mid April thru mid May. Late summer my numbers vary from about 10 up to as many as 25. I put out 1 feeder until I have 3, add another feeder until I get 6, add another feeder and so on ... late summer I will have 6-7 feeders, filling each every day to two, about 3-4 gallons of nectar per week (4/1 plain sugar to water). I am in Georgetown for reference. edit: never had a snake attack the feeders ... but do remove walking stick from around the feeders
Last edited by PMK; 06/16/20 06:16 PM.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
[Re: Old Shakie]
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06/16/20 06:21 PM
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 06:25 PM
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Old Shakie
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Do the humming birds stay around all summer? I have considered putting up a feeder as I see them in the spring but didn't know if they stay or were just passing through. I am in Stephens county also.
This is actually my wife's thing. She starts feeding when the warm weather starts and stops when it starts getting cold. There is a local population that hangs around all summer but head out when it starts getting cold, So, I would say they do migrate. There must be a healthy population because they can empty that feeder in one day.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 06:28 PM
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DocHorton
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How the hell does a snake get up there? Amazing where those things can get themselves.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 06:36 PM
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My friend in Leakey sent me a pic just like that. Rat snake coiled around porch post waiting for hummers. I've seen those snakes hit a tree and go straight up in the branches. Weirdest though was one crawling up our brick wall. Unreal.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 08:11 PM
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Yup He'd have received the same ticket to hell at my house to....and likely by my wife as she loves her hummingbirds as well.
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 08:33 PM
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Hummingbirds are aliens, IMHO.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 08:43 PM
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 09:24 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 11:28 PM
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Do the humming birds stay around all summer? I have considered putting up a feeder as I see them in the spring but didn't know if they stay or were just passing through. I am in Stephens county also.
no, in the fall they fly across the gulf to Mexico
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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#7872469
06/16/20 11:52 PM
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Gotta wonder if the snake was thirsty. I have a woodpecker that feeds at mine quite a bit.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/16/20 11:59 PM
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Great pic OP Do the humming birds stay around all summer? I have considered putting up a feeder as I see them in the spring but didn't know if they stay or were just passing through. I am in Stephens county also.
The ones around here in Goliad County start migrating in March and the largest number(20-30 at feeders) are in May during the spring. I have a few(1-3 at feeders in morning or evening) that hang around all summer but most move north from here. In the late summer at the end of August they start migrating back south. Largest numbers(50-100 at same time around feeders) are in mid Sept for about a week as they move down towards Rockport area from here.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/17/20 12:01 AM
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Gotta wonder if the snake was thirsty. I have a woodpecker that feeds at mine quite a bit. House Finches are at mine this year. They have been nesting under the roof on the front porch for years but this is the first time that I have seen them drinking from the Hummingbird feeders. They started back at the end of May.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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#7872512
06/17/20 12:34 AM
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What kind of snake is it?
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/17/20 12:43 AM
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What kind of snake is it? Texas rat snake
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/17/20 01:49 AM
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Much prefer the snake to the Tweety birds.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/17/20 02:02 AM
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While I applaud his agility, I simply cannot imagine one of them actually catching a freaking hummingbird. Those birds are ridiculous fast, not to mention they could see that snake from a mile away.
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Re: Don't mess with my humming birds.
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06/17/20 02:34 AM
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How the hell does a snake get up there? Amazing where those things can get themselves. Rat Snakes are awesome climbers, too bad he got murdered. #Snakelivesmatter
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