I have been so pleased to have two male and at least one female Black-Chinned Hummingbird at my feeder in west Longmont! They add a wonderful variety of Rufous and Broad-tails that are my normal summer visitors.
Last Saturday, a Red-tail Hawk landed in my neighbors' tree behind my house. These are very tiny lots, so the big bird was very awkward in the dense maple branches. I was alerted to its presence by the constant chatter of 3 young House Wrens and their mother and all of the hummers. The latter kept buzzing the tree, trying to get a closer look at the intruder. The hawk then flew to my next-door neighbors' roof and sat there for an hour. All 3 species of hummers spent the next hour hovering 3-4 feet away from the hawk. The Rufous were the most agitated of course, and spent that elevated adrenaline chasing everyone else around! Kat Bradley-Bennett Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7726cdf0-2a17-4757-812a-dabe2897c689%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
