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Solly Mack

(92,823 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:16 PM Sep 16

Last Batch: Hummingbirds.

Except for maybe a dozen, all the rest of the hummingbirds have left for their winter home. I'm sure the ones still here will be leaving soon.

Thank you for enjoying the hummingbirds with me.

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Last Batch: Hummingbirds. (Original Post) Solly Mack Sep 16 OP

How sweet GPV Sep 16 #1

Just adorable. Thanks. Solly Mack Sep 17 #6

Beautiful. LoisB Sep 16 #2

Hummingbirds are beautiful. Thanks. Solly Mack Sep 17 #7

'Til next year. Thanks for sharing, Solly. brer cat Sep 16 #3

Soon comes the storing of all those damn feeders. lol Solly Mack Sep 17 #8

TY, Solly! SheltieLover Sep 16 #4

Thanks, SheltieLover Solly Mack Sep 17 #9

Oh I'll bet your kitties will miss them! SheltieLover Sep 17 #11

They have plenty of other birds to chirp at out back. Solly Mack Sep 17 #13

Awwwwww SheltieLover Sep 17 #16

Lots and lots of Blue Jays because of all the oaks. Cardinals, the Tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee Solly Mack Sep 17 #19

Nice! SheltieLover Sep 17 #20

Expensive is what it is. Those little chirpers can eat but I wouldn't have it any other way. Solly Mack Sep 17 #22

Oh, that's right... Now I recall from a previous hurricane SheltieLover Sep 17 #23

Wonderful acrobats! And I love the butterflies too! Thank you so much, dear Solly! nt CaliforniaPeggy Sep 16 #5

They are amazing! The way they twist and turn in the air, turning on a dime. That poor butterfly was enduring lots of Solly Mack Sep 17 #10

Thx for mentioning. SheltieLover Sep 17 #12

Oh, they noticed. The wasp in some of the photos turned his stinger up while holding on with front legs to jab back at Solly Mack Sep 17 #14

Oh WOW! SheltieLover Sep 17 #15

Here the wasp is in position. As the hummers flew near it, it would bend up and jab out. Solly Mack Sep 17 #17

WOW! Thx, Solly! SheltieLover Sep 17 #18

I have lots of wildflowers and other flowers for the pollinators but as the weather changes, food sources can become Solly Mack Sep 17 #21

Nice! SheltieLover Sep 17 #24

GPV

(73,038 posts)

1. How sweet

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:24 PM

Sep 16

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

6. Just adorable. Thanks.

Reply to GPV (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 09:48 AM

Sep 17

LoisB

(8,671 posts)

2. Beautiful.

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:35 PM

Sep 16

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

7. Hummingbirds are beautiful. Thanks.

Reply to LoisB (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 09:49 AM

Sep 17

brer cat

(26,280 posts)

3. 'Til next year. Thanks for sharing, Solly.

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:48 PM

Sep 16

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

8. Soon comes the storing of all those damn feeders. lol

Reply to brer cat (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 09:50 AM

Sep 17

Thanks, brer cat.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

4. TY, Solly!

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:58 PM

Sep 16

Wishing them safe travels and a speedy return! May the wind always be at their tails!

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

9. Thanks, SheltieLover

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 09:51 AM

Sep 17

I'll miss them. My cats will miss them.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

11. Oh I'll bet your kitties will miss them!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 01:45 PM

Sep 17

Maybe you could find a You Tube of hummers for the kit kids? I've seen plenty of video clips of cats watching things on screens & reacting. lol

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

13. They have plenty of other birds to chirp at out back.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #11)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 01:51 PM

Sep 17

They go from window to window to watch the birds. The little idiots even smash into the windows trying to get the birds. The birds will sometimes hover to watch the cats back.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

16. Awwwwww

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:00 PM

Sep 17

Poor kitties being taunted by birds.

Well, the birds are keeping them young, right? LOL

Do you have birds who stay for the winter?

There are virtually ZERO birds here. Every now and then I see a group of 9 or 10 sitting on phone wires together, but that's it.

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

19. Lots and lots of Blue Jays because of all the oaks. Cardinals, the Tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #16)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:33 PM

Sep 17

various Finches, Pine siskins, 4 types of woodpeckers, more.

Birds of prey - owls, hawks, eagles

Lots of birds.

Rural area.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

20. Nice!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #19)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:35 PM

Sep 17

What state are you in if I may ask?

Sounds lovely!

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

22. Expensive is what it is. Those little chirpers can eat but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #20)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:43 PM

Sep 17

Louisiana.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

23. Oh, that's right... Now I recall from a previous hurricane

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #22)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 05:39 PM

Sep 17

TN here (sadly).

Thx for sharing!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,099 posts)

5. Wonderful acrobats! And I love the butterflies too! Thank you so much, dear Solly! nt

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 07:09 PM

Sep 16

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

10. They are amazing! The way they twist and turn in the air, turning on a dime. That poor butterfly was enduring lots of

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 09:53 AM

Sep 17

jabs but refused to be run off.

Thanks, CaliforniaPeggy!

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

12. Thx for mentioning.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 01:47 PM

Sep 17

I meant to ask if they even noticed the bufferfly. Determined!

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

14. Oh, they noticed. The wasp in some of the photos turned his stinger up while holding on with front legs to jab back at

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #12)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 01:53 PM

Sep 17

the birds.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

15. Oh WOW!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #14)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:57 PM

Sep 17

I've never seen such a battle in Nature.

Poor things!

Thx for sharing!

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

17. Here the wasp is in position. As the hummers flew near it, it would bend up and jab out.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #15)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:28 PM

Sep 17

The wasp started on the feeders and got so many attacks he flew to the pole.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

18. WOW! Thx, Solly!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #17)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:30 PM

Sep 17

Poor things must be really hungry. Do others in your area not put up Hummer feeders?

I saw another post saying how sad it was to see bees fighting for pollen. Very sad indeed. They might do this every year, not sure.

Solly Mack

(92,823 posts)

21. I have lots of wildflowers and other flowers for the pollinators but as the weather changes, food sources can become

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #18)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:41 PM

Sep 17

scarce. I allow some flowers to go to seed so the birds can eat the seeds. We have wild berries that can make it through winter, so birds have those too.

Other people put feeders out.

I'll keep mine out for a few more weeks for the just in case.

SheltieLover

(59,617 posts)

24. Nice!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #21)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 05:44 PM

Sep 17

I signed up for the TN Pollinators program and just received my packets of Milkweed to be planted this fall. Trying to decide where to put them. I requested 2 packets of each of the 2 types. This is for the Monarch Butterfly project, but I'm sure other pollinators will benefit too, the "Red" and "Common."

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