tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post111935941345681236..comments2024-03-25T20:35:50.895-04:00Comments on Ontario Wanderer: Solstice HummingbirdUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-75076522924435499792007-04-12T12:45:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:45:00.000-04:00I absolutely love the two year old's name for humm...I absolutely <I>love</I> the two year old's name for hummingbords!! Comingbirds! That is so sweet. <BR/><BR/>Ontario Wanderer, thanks for telling me about your very first blog post and this hummer nest - you're lucky to have a bird spotting scope -- and it's a nice photo! looks like this hummingbird has the same design-sense as the one my sister photographed on Vancouver Island -- both have decorated the outside of their nest with lichens. What amazing birds -- that camoflage obviously really works, as you wrote you wouldn't have found the nest if you hadn't heard the bird coming and going. Comingbird, Goingbird ... either way they are some of the most amazing birds.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09967323387645271468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1120307426477627192005-07-02T08:30:00.000-04:002005-07-02T08:30:00.000-04:00So another grandmother has shown a grandchild an u...So another grandmother has shown a grandchild an upclose view of a male ruby throated hummer. Had child on left arm and feeder in right hand and the bird circled the feeder checking out each station before studying us. As I rehung the cleaned and filled feeder, exuberant 2 year old called out, "come on 'commingbirds, come and get it!" Lots of hummingbirds this year, but no spotted nests yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1120296765963354872005-07-02T05:32:00.000-04:002005-07-02T05:32:00.000-04:00Hello Anonymous Kansas Reader,So, do I know you? I...Hello Anonymous Kansas Reader,<BR/><BR/>So, do I know you? Is this a test? Yes, I saw my first hummingbird nest in Kansas. It is one of the clearest early memories as my grandmother showed me the nest when I was four years old. Both my grandmother and the nest remain frozen in time in my memory. That nest was in a cedar tree on a limb that was close enough to the ground for a grandmother to lift a four year old up to see.<BR/><BR/>The bird and nest in the photo are in a tree with many names. Here is is called Manitoba Maple. In Kansas, we called the same tree a Box-elder. The third name I know the tree by is Ashleaf Maple. The Latin name is Acer negundo. Height of this bird & nest I estimate as about 3 metres or 9 feet. I have managed to get close to the nest on a tall stepladder but have not managed to get a good photo as I do not want to disturb the nest and standing on top of a tall ladder with a camera held above one's head does not lend itself to great photos. Perhaps later when the birds are gone I will be able to get a good nest shot.Ontario Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766128144351262255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1120269168486164802005-07-01T21:52:00.000-04:002005-07-01T21:52:00.000-04:00What kind of tree? How far up off of the ground? ...What kind of tree? How far up off of the ground? Did you ever see a nest in Kansas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1119667323504859112005-06-24T22:42:00.000-04:002005-06-24T22:42:00.000-04:00That is fantastic! Thank you so much for posting i...That is fantastic! Thank you so much for posting it!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1119637134444217952005-06-24T14:18:00.000-04:002005-06-24T14:18:00.000-04:00Thanks for the encouraging comments! Please do not...Thanks for the encouraging comments! Please do not expect something everyday. (Sometimes I am too busy reading Rurality, Swamp4me, etc.)Ontario Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766128144351262255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1119636449646724492005-06-24T14:07:00.000-04:002005-06-24T14:07:00.000-04:00Nice pix! Rurality sent me. It's good to see anoth...Nice pix! Rurality sent me. It's good to see another nature-ish blog in the world. I'll visit daily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1119621607587105632005-06-24T10:00:00.000-04:002005-06-24T10:00:00.000-04:00Beautiful shot of that hummingbird on the nest. Th...Beautiful shot of that hummingbird on the nest. Thanks to Rurality for sending her readers over here. <BR/>I'll be back!robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13838675.post-1119614921332708512005-06-24T08:08:00.000-04:002005-06-24T08:08:00.000-04:00Very nice! I'm going to have to try scope photogra...Very nice! I'm going to have to try scope photography.<BR/>KarenRuralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.com