I had to laugh at this photograph, found on Gab:
I'd love to hear a translation of the thoughts of the hummingbird on the bottom...
Peter
I had to laugh at this photograph, found on Gab:
I'd love to hear a translation of the thoughts of the hummingbird on the bottom...
Peter
10 comments:
"Kids now a days!"
Hummingbirds will fight, or at least have tiffs, over who gets a spot at the feeder. There are definitely more aggressive alphas. I bought 3 feeders one year to spread them out and one bird would fly from feeder to feeder trying to chase others away.
Look at the plumage, the bright green shoulders denotes that's the male on the bottom. He's thinking, "what a view!"
Thoughts from bird on bottom:
Damn; at least I didn't end up like cousin Billy Bob did:
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird
"Now hold still!" "Yes, dear."
Yes dear. Of course you can drink first.
The bird on the top is obviously a female, no matter what colors, etc. she has. Note how she is holding her boy toy's mouth closed, so that he cannot criticize or object to her actions.
Have a wonderful weekend, Peter. And thank you for the great blog.
At our previous house, we had a pair of robins. The male would land under the bird feeder and pick up the fallen bits of grain. The female would land a foot or two away, and the male would carry food to her. (Contrast: when they got into the blueberry bush, the male would grab one and fly away, swoop back in, grab another, etc. The female would perch in the middle of the bush and stay there until she'd gotten everything within reach).
I have sent that photo hither and in fact, yon, all to acclaim. Or at least to laughter...
Treating the lower bird like a cat owner.
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