Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on September 12, 2010, 08:59:39 pm
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Here is a short (36 sec.) video of a swarm of hummingbirds at one of our feeders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc-HZGA53RM
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They swarm like that just prior to headin' south.It's probably all females and immature birds,as the mature males have already gone.Where are you located?Ours in east Texas are'nt swarming yet,as ours usually leave in october. God Bless
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S.E. IN. We are still seeing the males too.
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very cool, i love hummingbirds
i had swarms of them this past spring around my ground blind while turkey hunting
we also get some in our yard during the summer,i thinks its because of all the hostas the wife has planted
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That's cool! Ours don't go anywhere.
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That's cool! Ours don't go anywhere.
That is cool I've never seen them swarm like that. Ours go to Costa Rica for the winter.
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Man ...If I could....I'd go to Costa Rica too.......... ;)
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Man ...If I could....I'd go to Costa Rica too.......... ;)
my youngest just left there
siad he bought me something nice while he was there to
wouldnt say what,just that i would like it
then he rubbed in the fact he got to smoke real cuban stogie too
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Not really a suggestion, as they're too pretty to kill but the thought struck me while watching that vid that it'd certainly test your skill with an arrow to attempt to skewer one in mid-flight...
Probably impossible
Nice video though, never seen them like that before. Thanks.
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And I thought that the 8-10 that my dad had around the House was a Lot! We don't get them too often down here in the Desert...just see them for a couple days every year...they are too smart to stick around here and dry up and blow away......... ;D
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Looks like the yellowjackets around our hummer feeder. ;D
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Hey pat...these Guys built right along side of My dads Deck...and we never even knew they were there....gave me the Willies when I went out to shag soem Arrows I shot off the Deck...and walked right by them...seeing as how I am highly allergic to any Insect Sting....... :-[...these are Black Jackets
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Is that yellowjackets or bald faced hornets? We sometimes get yellowjackets building nest above ground but usually only is very wet weather.
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Is that yellowjackets or bald faced hornets?
Black Jacket Wasps...you can tell how bad the Winters are going to be...by how High They build their Nests off the Ground...so Yooper Wisdom goes...... ;D
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Not really a suggestion, as they're too pretty to kill but the thought struck me while watching that vid that it'd certainly test your skill with an arrow to attempt to skewer one in mid-flight...
Probably impossible
Nice video though, never seen them like that before. Thanks.
Me and my daughter target shoot from the front of the porch. Those things dart all around us while we are shooting. My wife keeps telling me that I am going to hit one.
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Mike the local news just did the winter forcast for the midwest region
they showed colder/sowier than normal
yippie fudge,if they are right its gonna suck
i hate winter to start with,only season i dislike,this just makes me confirm why
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Not really a suggestion, as they're too pretty to kill but the thought struck me while watching that vid that it'd certainly test your skill with an arrow to attempt to skewer one in mid-flight...
Probably impossible
Nice video though, never seen them like that before. Thanks.
That reminds me of this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep6vmpcUQR8
That one got away ok it seems, but sometimes they don't.
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Thanks cool video. I put up three feeders at my house in Montana, and they were swarming like that also. They sure can suck up some sugar water. I had to go back to the store, and get a five pound bag of sugar. I am glad you got their little chirps in also. There was one I named Harley. You could hear him coming from the trees, about hundred and twenty feet away, or so. He was a little bigger than the others, and the boss of the feeder. He had real deep and loud hum to him. I liked to sit on my porch, and watch the deer, and turkeys, and watch the humming birds, fuss around the feeders. Oh, and there was a nice glass of coconut rum, and pineapple juice, with a splash of grenadine over crushed ice. A very enjoyable time. Didn't get much accomplished, but had a very enjoyable time. ;D
Wayne
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Ours just started swarming yesterday. ;) God Bless