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Category: Farm Doings | Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:04 pm

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We love watching hummingbirds. We have fed and enjoyed the little buzzers for about 20 years.



Hummer on Tropical Sage ( photo / image / picture from marlingardener's Garden )
However, we are constantly amazed at some of the things humans believe about hummingbirds.
#1 Hummingbirds live only one day. This came from a 30ish man born and raised in Texas. When we walked him through "bird", "nest", "eggs", "hatching and feeding" he realized that couldn't be accomplished in 24 hours. He may now believe hummers live for two days . . . .
#2 We were told by a wildlife expert that hummingbirds only feed on tublar red flowers. This while we were sitting on our patio watching a hummer feed on a Peruvian Rock Rose--flat faced flower in a lovely shade of light pink. It then moved to a white Salvia Greggii (grant you that the flower is tubular, but white?)
#3 This is the kicker. Hummingbirds are aggressive and will peck you with those sharp little beaks if they get the chance. The kid next door to us was terrified to come into our yard (not a bad thing) because she might encounter a hummingbird. Let's teach children to be afraid to go outside.
So we continue to enjoy our aberrant hummingbirds that live too long, feed from the wrong flowers, and haven't attacked anything yet, although they occasionally buzz a cat and terrify the poor kitten!





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Sjoerd wrote on Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:24 am:

We enjoy your blog entries so much. We are reading your last entries before knuckling-down and making more jam ob this overcast and windy day here in WestFriesland.
Cor, the wund is really whipping over the dike at the moment.

We are amazed at your hummingbird revelations. We have folks like that here as well.

Keep up the good blogging. We don’t usually leave comments on your blogs, but we thought it was time today. The Bride is a big fan too.

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Pacnorwest wrote on Sun Jun 02, 2024 4:06 am:

Enjoyed you blogs. . You have a special talent for writing and keeping the readers interest. Waiting for what you will write next in each blog.

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