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| (Female Black-Chinned Hummingbird) |
As part of their mating ritual, males will perform a steep dive as much as 75 - 100 feet to impress the females.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Another "first" for me here in the panhandle. Shelley saw one of these flit by a couple days ago, and this morning I took up a position near our trumpet vines. After a few minutes (10 or 15 maybe) I saw this little girl dancing around some of the upper flowers and darting in and out of them.
These tiny birds are not uncommon to the panhandle, but they are not easy to see - especially in the early morning light. In addition to getting the nectar from flowers like these, they also dine on tiny flying bugs and are frequent/common visitors to hummingbird feeders. Black-Chinned Hummingbirds commonly perch on high, bare branches of trees.
As part of their mating ritual, males will perform a steep dive as much as 75 - 100 feet to impress the females.
As part of their mating ritual, males will perform a steep dive as much as 75 - 100 feet to impress the females.
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I just captured a few photos of these guys. Went to a friends house and his feed and trees were full of them. So much for being non-flocking and solitary types. They have no interest in the feeders I put out. Guessing that it is overloaded Titmouse, chickadee, Sparrow and KITE population. =/ Too much competition in the yards. Thanks for sharing and keep it up. You have a new reader. Z
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem with hummers. This is the first one I've ever seen in my backyard - in spite of having plenty of trumpet vines with nice juicy flowers on them. My feeder hasn't yielded anything that I've seen yet either. I keep trying.
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