My aunt has that kind of humming bird feeder. Humming birds came and I still don't get how you get the nectar or what ever is in that thing.

Garden Wisher, You make your own nectar by dissolving one part sugar in four parts water. Warm or heat the water so the sugar will dissolve completely and then allow it to cool before you put it in the feeder. Replace the nectar every three to four days and it is not necessary to add red food coloring to the nectar. The feeders are designed to attract Hummingbirds.

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I love these pictures. Thanks for sharing.

http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest/

The above link is photographs of a hummingbird nest with babies....This is an incredible site.

Hope you all enjoy it

Looks like it was a beautiful day in Nashville today.

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http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour

I caught this adorable little fellow doing a little mechanical, robot-like dance on the handle of my trash can in the back yard today, about 30 minutes ago. It is a Carolina Wren. Notice the bright light colored line above the eye? That is the main field mark of the Carolina Wren.

Carolina Wren


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No, I do not use a telephoto lense that is just the 3X optical zoom on my Olympus D-580 Zoom camera and then I crop and enlarge it in Adobe Photoshop 7. I was about 15 feet from the Wren shooting through the backdoor window. The puffiness is due to the fact that it was quite cold that day and it had its feather fluffed and puffed out to make itself warmer.
Peaches, or any fruits are quite popular with many species of birds, especially Orioles, Mockingbirds, or Starlings. Corn is a main ingredient of many bird feeds AND most suet that you buy commercially. I feed my quasi-pet Northern Mockingbird, Mr. Mocky apple slices coated with peanut butter. I started putting out raw peanuts in the shell on my platform feeder and the Blue Jays eat them faster than I can put them out. I put out three cups about 8:00 O'clock last night and at 11:00 O'clock this morning every single one of them was gone!!!

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loz
love the hummers.........What zoom and camera are you using.
I guess one needs a feeder to get those close ups? I cant get one to stand still..Hummer.

I have Fuji 5.2 guess that is a bummer for those close up? digital/

Thanks dodge.....

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''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!''''

Those are great picks! sadly hummers dont usually come to my area oh well thats ok. We do however get SOOO many sparrows and finches that nest in the oak and the shrubs!

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The good thing about snow is that it makes your yard look just like your neighbors!

That is a nice picture!

I miss my hummingbirds so bad!

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

Here is a rather unusual shot showing three of the more common "feeder" birds in one shot. I took this about noon today.

Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, and Carolina Chickadee


Here is my friend Mr. Mocky (Northern Mockingbird)framed by the railings of my porch.

MR. MOCKY


Here is a Carolina Wren that wanted to come and play with my grandson's toys.

CAROLINA WREN


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Not sure if i am doing this right i am new here i have picture of hummer bettyboop1948

here is another shot of one bettyboop1948

Here is the latest picture of my friend and porch companion Northern Mockingbird, Mr. Mocky.

RUN, MOCKY, RUN!!!


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Went to the lake today with my grandson to feed the ducks and this Canada Goose was NOT too impressed with what was on the menu.

YOUR STALE BREADCRUMBS ARE MAKING ME SICK!!!


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hey thornius
hope you didnt get any damage from that bad weather i just read about.
looks like the system that was supposed to hit us shifted south!

Hi Thornius! I was SO relieved to see your post and find out you were okay. I was worried when I heard that tornados hit the suburbs of Nashville.

Take care,
patches

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"Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen!"

I took some pictures today of some of our visitors.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2107551253

We still dont have a field guide yet , so would anyone like to help me identify them??

Thanks!

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Pictures of: My back yard "garden" http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2107756626&idx=0
Pictures of :My back yard "visitors" http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2107551253
My water garden in progress http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106370269

I was thinking the first one was probably a Finch. But wasn't to sure of some of the others. Especially the last one. The last one was a card LOL! HE posed for me to get a shot of him from all angles before flying off LOL~!

I can't wait until I get a field guide! I think I'll order the Sibleys one from Amazon tonight.

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Pictures of: My back yard "garden" http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2107756626&idx=0
Pictures of :My back yard "visitors" http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2107551253
My water garden in progress http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106370269

OK all you hummingbird freaks - I live in NW Florida and when the weather is this nice the hummers usually keep right on going and we don't have too many. However, here are my buddies - they now have 4 babies in the nest and are coming to the deck to feed all day long - I've never posted pics before but I'll try - Lin







Hope it works

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Starla, you have goldfinches, bluebirds, the brown one is a thrasher and there is a robin (the last one). Very Nice!! Lin

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Beautiful pics Lin!!!

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We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart.

thank you, thank you, thank you, can you tell what my hobby is - I am so lucky to be able to stay home and garden, bird and take pictures--

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Lin, looks like I have competition. You know your birds!

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Triss, it's a male bluebird. He will bring the fledglings to the nest in about 15 days. When the babys get here, I'll put a pic of one of them on here.

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Hey everyone, I have so many pictures and have never shared them with anyone so I am sort of excited. I am going to try and copy the link for my albums to this site. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do ...

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/

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