jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 20, 2020 Hummingbirds eat bugs! I did not know this. A friend posted a video of her humming bird visitor catching a bug in flight. I thought they just drank nectar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 20, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 20, 2020 umpossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 20, 2020 If they eat mosquitoes, I might go get a feeder two ASAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 20, 2020 Spiders, too. Nectar is just how they fuel their bug-eating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #5 Posted August 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: If they eat mosquitoes, I might go get a feeder two ASAP! Don’t. They attract bears. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted August 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: If they eat mosquitoes, I might go get a feeder two ASAP! https://www.adirondackcouncil.org/page/blog-139/news/10-facts-about-hummingbirds--and-other-interesting-tidbits-1101.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted August 20, 2020 Just now, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Don’t. They attract bears. I think that @smudge attracts bears. The nectar was like a cocktail before dinner. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, jsharr said: I think that @smudge attracts bears. The nectar was like a cocktail before dinner. She’s a bear magnet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted August 20, 2020 Just now, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: She’s a bear magnet? Bears like cute hair. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 20, 2020 Just now, jsharr said: Bears like cute hair. I’m safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted August 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I’m safe! Maybe you should get a cute hair cut and attract a bear! Are you faster than your chatty cow orker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Spiders, too. Nectar is just how they fuel their bug-eating. They eat spiders???? WTF, man?!?!? That sucks. I like spiders. Spiders definitely eat mosquitoes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted August 20, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 20, 2020 30 minutes ago, jsharr said: Hummingbirds eat bugs! I did not know this. A friend posted a video of her humming bird visitor catching a bug in flight. I thought they just drank nectar. I saw a hummingbird eat a gnat. I was sitting on the front porch, enjoying a cocktail and watching a hummingbird suck sap off a pine tree. He came down surprisingly close to me and hovered. Then, he zipped over and pick a gnat out of the air. It was pretty cool. It sorta makes cents that they can eat bugs. They need a source of protein to build muscle just like any other animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #14 Posted August 20, 2020 I noticed that hummingbirds take a piss or dump just before going to a hummingbird feeder. One day I was outside near one of the feeders and the sunlight was just right to see a 'spray' just before they hit the feeder. It happened 3 times out of 3 landings. Of course being hummingbirds, there wasn't much excreted. Thankfully geese can't hover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted August 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mr. Grumpy said: I saw a hummingbird eat a gnat. I was sitting on the front porch, enjoying a cocktail and watching a hummingbird suck sap off a pine tree. He came down surprisingly close to me and hovered. Then, he zipped over and pick a gnat out of the air. It was pretty cool. It sorta makes cents that they can eat bugs. They need a source of protein to build muscle just like any other animal. You could fill a hummingbird feeder with a protein shake, like MuscleMilk, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #16 Posted August 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: I noticed that hummingbirds take a piss or dump just before going to a hummingbird feeder. “Drop ballast!” 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #17 Posted August 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Thankfully geese can't hover. Ever seen a heron lighten the load on takeoff? I was on my motorcycle once and had one take off across in front of me. All I could think was “thank god I wasn’t a few seconds ahead....” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted August 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: I noticed that hummingbirds take a piss or dump just before going to a hummingbird feeder. One day I was outside near one of the feeders and the sunlight was just right to see a 'spray' just before they hit the feeder. It happened 3 times out of 3 landings. Of course being hummingbirds, there wasn't much excreted. Thankfully geese can't hover. They can, but not for very long at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #19 Posted August 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Ever seen a heron lighten the load on takeoff? I was on my motorcycle once and had one take off across in front of me. All I could think was “thank god I wasn’t a few seconds ahead....” Yes. Also I once worked at a place that had a pond frequented by Canadian geese. They often took off between two buildings and lighten their loads on the same section of the parking lot. You did NOT want to park your car there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #20 Posted August 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Canadian geese You spelled "Murder Chickens" wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #21 Posted August 20, 2020 2 hours ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Don’t. They attract bears. Yup. (Slurp, slurp, slurp) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 20, 2020 Share #22 Posted August 20, 2020 Just now, smudge said: Yup. (Slurp, slurp, slurp) They must really be drinking it, now. It started out with “lick, lick, lick” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #23 Posted August 20, 2020 I drilled the holes in one of my hummingbird feeders out larger so the Baltimore Orioles could drink from it. Now the flying insects get down in the feeder and drown.The humming birds pick them out of the feeder and eat them. Yum, candied bugs. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 20, 2020 Share #24 Posted August 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Razors Edge said: If they eat mosquitoes, I might go get a feeder two ASAP! Here is how you get rid of mosquitoes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #25 Posted August 21, 2020 I never thought about it before, but since flowers aren't blooming all the time, they must eat something else - they don't store it like bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 21, 2020 Share #26 Posted August 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Longjohn said: Here is how you get rid of mosquitoes. Rube Goldberg lives on in spirit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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