Gobble gobble! I heard some gobblers the other day.
Medusa yes they all migrate around my neck of the woods. To friggin cold for them. Fushia you say, red right? Here is a self-potrait of one bugging the shit out of me trying to check out my bandanna.it was quite distracting so I set up my other camera and a remote release. .cheers..DD
I love that shot! The last time a hummer got that close to me I didn't realize what it was, thought it was a fat hornet and ran away. It chased me, musta been hilarious to watch.
I've spent *years* birdwatching, mostly in SoCal. The hummers there don't migrate for the most part, there are some species that tend to stay in the Mexico/Arizona regions (and I'm drawing a blank... Calliope? meh, anyway) and will fly back and forth depending on the season. When I moved up north I was pleasantly surprised to see we've got plenty of ruby throats out here in the Sierra, not happy to see the vacationer neighbors putting out feeders (I have strong opinions about that sort of thing, won't digress), but the bird population hasn't really changed when they do come and put out the feeders. But what's REALLY tripped me out is seeing hummers when there's snow and very cold weather. They seem to never leave, and I swear, how on earth do they find enough to eat? Trips me out every year. I do miss seeing all the other birds I used to see, like orioles and western tanagers and.. well, a lot of birds, but we've got plenty up here that I never saw down there, like western bluebirds.
