I think this hummer was "backing up" and probably ended up being surprised instead of hurt.
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- Stormy
- My little cabin in the woods is my sanctuary, where I enjoy watching the birds and other critters, and taking pictures. Note that I am not an expert photographer! ;-) Earlier photos on this site were taken with a Fujifilm Finepix S5100 with 10x zoom and edited with Gimp. Photos since January 2007 are taken with a Pentax K100D with a 70-300mm zoom lens and edited with Paintshop Pro XI Photo.
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Stormy,
Is it true that hummingbirds are NOT attracted to the color red? I've heard that red sugar water is not necessary to attract hummers, but I notice all feeders are red. Can you clear this up for me?
BTW, enjoy your trip to France!
Neo -
They seem to be very attracted to red. Marc always wears a red shirt and when he wears a red hat too, they go after his ears and "humm" around his face.
OTOH -- we ran out of pre-packaged food and put plain (non-red) sugar water in the feeder and they're still using that feeder, so both are probably correct. They're definitely attracted to red, but it may not be absolutely necessary.
-Stormy
P.S. I just got in today, so that's off the top of my head -- which is only barely functioning!
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