Posted on 10/29/2011 6:55:40 AM PDT by Lady Lucky
"A couple stayed in their home during the Bastrop, TX fires and noticed huge amount of hummingbirds coming to feed. Captured Biologists say the birds were migrating and the fires and drought had killed their usual flowers"
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What a beautiful story, Lady Lucky. During a difficult time in this couple’s lives... they saw beauty. What a neat couple!!
That was a beautiful, wonderful video but...who ‘captured’ the biologists?
What do the “free(d)” biologists have to say about this event?
Captured Biologists?
What a touching story. Thanks for posting it. :)
*possible ping of interest*
Every April I am reminded to put out my HB feeders by the sight of one hovering, staring at the hook where I hang a feeder outside my window. This leads me to believe that they remember from one year to the next, where they can get easy food. I would not be surprised at all if this couple is visited by hoards of HB again next year and into the future.
The look on the cat’s face at the end of the video is priceless.
Thanks for posting. Here in NJ, we get plenty of hummingbirds at our house. We have feeders and flowers they like. We always wish them safe travels over the winter and look forward to their return. :-)
The following link is basically the same but without the upfront advertisment.
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=1246384667001&odyssey=mod|tvideo|article
What a cute old couple :-)
Yep, that was the best. Like he's thinking, "This is just wrong."
That would have been about the time they were trying to fatten up to migrate.
Fine post, thanks!
They are smart little guys.
“Captured Biologists” — LOL, editing error, theirs and mine too. Gotta go back for a second visit to my caf-fiend feeder this morning.
Beautiful - thanks for sharing.
Trivia bit about hummingbirds: They used to be called “resurrection birds”, because in cold weather, sitting on tree branches, they would slow their metabolism down so much that it was like suspended animation. Then a good, stiff breeze would knock many of them off the branches, and they would fall to the ground, appearing to be dead.
Until the sun came up. Once they were warmed up a bit, they would seemingly come back to life and fly away.
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