Last Batch: Hummingbirds.

[Solly Mack]

Except for maybe a dozen, all the rest of the hummingbirds have left for their winter home. I'm sure the ones still here will be leaving soon.








































Thank you for enjoying the hummingbirds with me.

[GPV]

1. How sweet

[Solly Mack]

6. Just adorable. Thanks.

[LoisB]

2. Beautiful.

[Solly Mack]

7. Hummingbirds are beautiful. Thanks.

[brer cat]

3. 'Til next year. Thanks for sharing, Solly.

[Solly Mack]

8. Soon comes the storing of all those damn feeders. lol

Thanks, brer cat.

[SheltieLover]

4. TY, Solly!

Wishing them safe travels and a speedy return! May the wind always be at their tails!

[Solly Mack]

9. Thanks, SheltieLover

I'll miss them. My cats will miss them.

[SheltieLover]

11. Oh I'll bet your kitties will miss them!

Maybe you could find a You Tube of hummers for the kit kids? I've seen plenty of video clips of cats watching things on screens & reacting. lol

[Solly Mack]

13. They have plenty of other birds to chirp at out back.

They go from window to window to watch the birds. The little idiots even smash into the windows trying to get the birds. The birds will sometimes hover to watch the cats back.

[SheltieLover]

16. Awwwwww

Poor kitties being taunted by birds.

Well, the birds are keeping them young, right? LOL

Do you have birds who stay for the winter?

There are virtually ZERO birds here. Every now and then I see a group of 9 or 10 sitting on phone wires together, but that's it.

[Solly Mack]

19. Lots and lots of Blue Jays because of all the oaks. Cardinals, the Tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee

various Finches, Pine siskins, 4 types of woodpeckers, more.

Birds of prey - owls, hawks, eagles

Lots of birds.

Rural area.

[SheltieLover]

20. Nice!

What state are you in if I may ask?

Sounds lovely!

[Solly Mack]

22. Expensive is what it is. Those little chirpers can eat but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Louisiana.

[SheltieLover]

23. Oh, that's right... Now I recall from a previous hurricane

TN here (sadly).

Thx for sharing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Wonderful acrobats! And I love the butterflies too! Thank you so much, dear Solly! nt

[Solly Mack]

10. They are amazing! The way they twist and turn in the air, turning on a dime. That poor butterfly was enduring lots of

jabs but refused to be run off.

Thanks, CaliforniaPeggy!

[SheltieLover]

12. Thx for mentioning.

I meant to ask if they even noticed the bufferfly. Determined!

[Solly Mack]

14. Oh, they noticed. The wasp in some of the photos turned his stinger up while holding on with front legs to jab back at

the birds.

[SheltieLover]

15. Oh WOW!

I've never seen such a battle in Nature.

Poor things!

Thx for sharing!

[Solly Mack]

17. Here the wasp is in position. As the hummers flew near it, it would bend up and jab out.

The wasp started on the feeders and got so many attacks he flew to the pole.

[SheltieLover]

18. WOW! Thx, Solly!

Poor things must be really hungry. Do others in your area not put up Hummer feeders?

I saw another post saying how sad it was to see bees fighting for pollen. Very sad indeed. They might do this every year, not sure.

[Solly Mack]

21. I have lots of wildflowers and other flowers for the pollinators but as the weather changes, food sources can become

scarce. I allow some flowers to go to seed so the birds can eat the seeds. We have wild berries that can make it through winter, so birds have those too.

Other people put feeders out.

I'll keep mine out for a few more weeks for the just in case.

[SheltieLover]

24. Nice!

I signed up for the TN Pollinators program and just received my packets of Milkweed to be planted this fall. Trying to decide where to put them. I requested 2 packets of each of the 2 types. This is for the Monarch Butterfly project, but I'm sure other pollinators will benefit too, the "Red" and "Common."