Check out this goof-ball….
December in the Fraser Valley, snow on the ground and we have Hummingbirds. Yes, the nectar loving, insect eating aerial ballistic missiles… not exactly your normal winter bird.
We really haven't figured these guys out, either to0 lazy to head south, or maybe too dumb? We feel sorry for their winter struggle, so out go the feeders. (Not an easy task given the recent below freezing we’ve been experiencing. Each feeder, a roll of plumbing heating tape, and a 40watt light bulb suspended underneath.
These are Anna’s Humming birds. Bright and early, the male will set up guard duty several yards off (often guarding multiple feeders), if any other hummingbirds get anywhere near their feeder they head out in hot pursuit. I figure they burn off more energy guarding the food then what they take in. Daffy little creature…. tougher then they look.
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