Time lapse video of the hummingbirds in my backyard

They drained the feeder dry in about 10 hours,...and it wasn't really all too hot today.

WOW!
What do you have, crack mixed in with the nectar?
Nice video with good music that I thought was Enya too till I read the last part of your thread. Thanks OP.

Thanx. Beautiful & uplifting to watch!

Thank you. I wonder how long they will stay around here? I know that they migrate south but some will stay in CA even after it gets cold....well at least towards the coast.

those little pigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Wow, what a great video! Thanks for sharing OP.
We've never had a feeder emptied in a week, never mind in 10 hours!
That's a hungry bunch you have there!

HI gnome

I have a feeder on my deck door

so they can come right up to the glass and feed

so far, they haven't

Beautiful. So weird, though. Déjà ju with this thread and responses. Seems like almost everything is happening déjà vu for me lately. What a strange, strange summer.

Me too

shit happened yesterday in a thread

i don't like it

We sit in the middle of huge almond orchards,...well more than that,..we have apples, peaches, cherries...a lot of sources of natural nectar,...but I never imagined that there were so many out hummingbirds out here. I just ordered 2 one gallon feeders, (ridiculous I know), so I can leave the house for a few days

I had to move the feeders away from my house in the very beginning and I read that they like to be able to see 360 degrees around them,...so I hung both feeders way up in the air and one is actually suspended on a wooden pole, (the one in the video), about 10 feet off the ground. They seem to like that the most,...they sit in the trees out of the focus of the camera and dive bomb one another,...and poop on me if they get the chance.

just don't let them poop in your mouth

Like it, man! It feels good! but, yeah, weird. I gotcha. Ride it.

OMG...

I would still love them.

little white bombs

I bought a 25 lb bag of C&H sugar from Costco on the 9th of August,...and it's gone,...all to the hummingbirds...holy crapola.

maybe they know something...

:damnedbig:

Yeah I like humming birds.

:BCHB:

I don't remember if you saw this pic...but here it is anyways.
I stood for a long time, very still to get this shot...they only give you a few seconds,..then they zip off.

What kind of vid cam do you use to capture? BirdCam Pro?

It's actually a video surveillance camera, (Axis Q1604), that I use for demonstration purposes, but re-tasked it do some light/fun work. This is the kind of camera you might see watching a big parking lot or at a bank normally. It's IP based so I tied it into my home network and wanted to see what it could do,...one of the best "toys" I've ever purchased.

Incredible shot. Geesh, wish I had even a little bit of your tech savvy. I'll check into the Axis. Thanks. Have a very active bird feeder I want to capture.

Do you ever see babies!!!!!!??????


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I'm having a problem with a bully bird or two chasing the others away whenever they try to use the feeders in my yard. Otherwise I'd normally be going through a lot of sugar myself at this time of year. I also use C&H from Costco because it's cane sugar and I read somewhere that cane is best for the birds.

I have looked all in the trees in our back yard but haven't found any nests. If I do find a nest,,..I'd setup my camera so all could watch from the hummingbird cam live.

I'll keep my eyes peeled.

I had a bully bird was well but his temper got better as more and more birds came to feed.....took him a couple week to chill out.

That's amazing! I get a few humming birds but nothing like that! What are you mixing up in your feeders?

Thank you so much for sharing! This is fantastic :)

That is cool OP, thank you for sharing.

Would be even cooler, if maybe next time you freeze frame on certain shots for a few seconds. Then we can see more detail on these beauties.

That said, I think you have a bigger concern...
There is a huge water snake in your pool and he is wiggling all over the place!

My hummers when things get busy...