Comments on: Say Hello to My Little Friend–The Hummingbird http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/ Blogging a Greener World Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:15:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin Van Kleeck http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-10429 Justin Van Kleeck Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:45:00 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=3124#comment-10429 Tim, I think that is the funniest and most interesting hummingbird story I have ever heard. We better watch out: if the hummers can take on a raptor, beak and talon and all, I start to worry even more. We better start wearing goggles and helmets! Tim, I think that is the funniest and most interesting hummingbird story I have ever heard. We better watch out: if the hummers can take on a raptor, beak and talon and all, I start to worry even more. We better start wearing goggles and helmets!

]]> By: Green & Clean Mom http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-10356 Green & Clean Mom Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:43:46 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=3124#comment-10356 I have had this happen to me and it scares the snot right out of me. We have hummingbirds all over. How funny! I have had this happen to me and it scares the snot right out of me. We have hummingbirds all over. How funny!

]]> By: Tim in Albion http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-10217 Tim in Albion Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:03:50 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=3124#comment-10217 Love the story about the ranger. One of the funniest things I've seen hummers do was the time a dozen of them briefly left off fighting each other, banding together in order to drive off a common enemy - a Sharp-Shinned Hawk! They saw him right off, chasing like a cloud of angry bees for maybe a hundred yards - then returning back to their disputes. (Swearing like longshoremen the whole time.) Love the story about the ranger.

One of the funniest things I’ve seen hummers do was the time a dozen of them briefly left off fighting each other, banding together in order to drive off a common enemy – a Sharp-Shinned Hawk! They saw him right off, chasing like a cloud of angry bees for maybe a hundred yards – then returning back to their disputes. (Swearing like longshoremen the whole time.)

]]> By: Sheri Williamson http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-10195 Sheri Williamson Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:19:22 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=3124#comment-10195 Great title, Justin! For Pacino fans it gets across the "gansta" nature of these savage beauties. And Mary, that quote is from my husband and colleague Tom Wood, based on our experience as resident managers of The Nature Conservancy's Ramsey Canyon Preserve. Though the preserve isn't the hummingbird hot spot it once was (development gets part of the blame), the mountains of southeastern Arizona still teem with hummingbirds from April through September (though less well-informed travelers do come looking for them in February). For more, visit http://www.sabo.org/hummers.htm. Great title, Justin! For Pacino fans it gets across the “gansta” nature of these savage beauties.

And Mary, that quote is from my husband and colleague Tom Wood, based on our experience as resident managers of The Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve. Though the preserve isn’t the hummingbird hot spot it once was (development gets part of the blame), the mountains of southeastern Arizona still teem with hummingbirds from April through September (though less well-informed travelers do come looking for them in February). For more, visit http://www.sabo.org/hummers.htm.

]]> By: Justin Van Kleeck http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-10174 Justin Van Kleeck Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:10:36 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=3124#comment-10174 This is a great anecdote, Mary. I am sure the ranger is very right. Imagine if hummers turned rebellious and came after humans. Even with their little size they could probably take us out...they certainly have the short tempers *and* the courage! This is a great anecdote, Mary. I am sure the ranger is very right. Imagine if hummers turned rebellious and came after humans. Even with their little size they could probably take us out…they certainly have the short tempers *and* the courage!

]]> By: Mary http://blog.sustainablog.org/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-the-hummingbird/comment-page-1/#comment-10164 Mary Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:17:07 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=3124#comment-10164 A couple of my favorite quotes were from an old article I read in Smithsonian, on paper, at least a decade ago. the article was about hummingbirds, and focused on a (national or state) park in Arizona where the hummingbirds concentrate during northern migration. A huge wave of hummer-loving tourists comes through in February to see thousands of hummingbirds. Rangers act specifically as docents then, feeders are everywhere. The writer quoted one conversation where a tourist said to a ranger, "They're so sweet, and so tiny!" The ranger replied, "Yes ma'am, they are tiny." Later, the ranger told the writer, "If they were the size of ravens, it would be dangerous to go outside." He was unwilling to consider them sweet. ;) A couple of my favorite quotes were from an old article I read in Smithsonian, on paper, at least a decade ago. the article was about hummingbirds, and focused on a (national or state) park in Arizona where the hummingbirds concentrate during northern migration. A huge wave of hummer-loving tourists comes through in February to see thousands of hummingbirds. Rangers act specifically as docents then, feeders are everywhere. The writer quoted one conversation where a tourist said to a ranger, “They’re so sweet, and so tiny!” The ranger replied, “Yes ma’am, they are tiny.” Later, the ranger told the writer, “If they were the size of ravens, it would be dangerous to go outside.” He was unwilling to consider them sweet. ;)

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