My name is Carole and I have been consistently feeding hummingbirds for 8 years here at my home in Studio City, California, USA.
I am on a quest to photograph every single hummingbird species on the planet! There are over 350 types and I currently have photographed about 200 of them.
That is awesome. I recently discovered a hummingbird that comes to the feeder I have by my front door. He lets me stand right there and watch. It would be cool to earn his trust enough to feed him by hand. These little birds are so amazing.
I found what I believe is a new species, probably the new smallest in the world, i mistaked it for a large black wasp.. new it wasn't when i seen it on a honey suckle hovering and seen the beak, its black, 2 inch long, completely black but has a white band around the lower back... What is this? The smallest bird i ever seen, it does not have a large chest, the chest and back are streamlined in flight making it look more like a moth maybe... Not sure... Im in Ontario canada in dense swampland
Oh. My. GOD. Your video instruction is EXCELLENT, and I do not even have a hummingbird feeder, and may not ever have one. The reason I found this video was because I was looking up "how to clean a terracotta hummingbird feeder". The reason I was doing that is because a beautiful Nursery called Blue Moon Gardens in Edom, Texas (where I am from), promoted a terracotta hummingbird feeder from Mexico. Someone in the comments said that it looked like it might be harder to clean. I cannot find any instructions on how to clean a terracotta hummingbird feeder from Mexico, but I came across your video. Your instructions are so precise, thorough, on point, and excellent, not to mention that you went to college for chemical whatever - 😁, sorry....I can't recall exactly what you said. I am so impressed with this video. It seems to cover all of the important points. If I ever have a hummingbird feeder, I will come back to this video. That being said, if this hummingbird feeder that the person I know is selling, does not have an interior coating, do you have any tips about cleaning it? I do not know if it has a coating or not. So maybe give the information regarding whether it has a coating or not. I heard that you said you went to South American countries a lot. Maybe you have come across these hummingbird feeders.
The females were same size...they chest bumped first. One is trying to feed, other won't let it. Funniest thing I ever saw! THEN! One is jumping on other's back. That's IT SISTA!!! They were actually fighting, falling to the ground! Such intensity for those tiny things!
