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I have pretty much made it a point in my life to see birds..
I'm not an avid birdwatcher or anything I just find the little creatures amazing.
I love the way they fly, glide, bathe, look around and take life in..
I have had caged birds in the past... My lovebird is going on 20 years old..
Came a point about 10 years ago I said to myself.. "I will never have another caged bird"
I simply can not do it... Birds do not belong in cages
Mind you all...,
Peaches is very happy is out a lot and sometimes rides in my shirt pocket for trips to the store..
Very tame, spoon and syringe fed as a chick.. he had a mate and when he was younger... never kept them in the same cage after she decided to bite his toes off..
Marbles ( Peaches mate ) is still alive and well.. their Vets assistant has had her for bout 10 years..
Still pretty mean from what I get out of it..
I want very much to see and interact with a hummingbird..
I have had scrub jays land on my hand for bread countless times..
I want to see a hummingbird... Not even sure how to go about it..
Or if I can even see one in Sarasota, Florida
..
Sorry to hear you are missing out on hummingbirds!
I see them so much in my yard I tend to take them for granted.
I have pretty much made it a point in my life to see birds..
I'm not an avid birdwatcher or anything I just find the little creatures amazing.
I love the way they fly, glide, bathe, look around and take life in..
I have had caged birds in the past... My lovebird is going on 20 years old..
Came a point about 10 years ago I said to myself.. "I will never have another caged bird"
I simply can not do it... Birds do not belong in cages
Mind you all...,
Peaches is very happy is out a lot and sometimes rides in my shirt pocket for trips to the store..
Very tame, spoon and syringe fed as a chick.. he had a mate and when he was younger... never kept them in the same cage after she decided to bite his toes off..
Marbles ( Peaches mate ) is still alive and well.. their Vets assistant has had her for bout 10 years..
Still pretty mean from what I get out of it..
I want very much to see and interact with a hummingbird..
I have had scrub jays land on my hand for bread countless times..
I want to see a hummingbird... Not even sure how to go about it..
Or if I can even see one in Sarasota, Florida
..
Wow, a 20 year old lovebird! That has to be a record, you must be doing something right. We had a lovebird who shared our lives for 17 years, brought us much laughter and happiness as she went about her antics. I share your love for birds, and we currently have three pet birds, a 26 year old cockatiel, a 2.5 year old lovebird, and a 2.5 year parrotlet. They each have cages but they use those mostly to sleep in, stay in when no one's home, and sometimes they go in and out of each others' cage to play with the toys, and eat the other birds' food. They're out most of the time, spend most of their time with us, their human flock, and we're retired, so we're home a lot. They're smart, as cute as they can be, and they interact well with each other as well as being our "velcro" birds, and telling us what to do.
I'm not so sure you'll see hummingbirds in Sarasota, or anywhere south of there in Florida. Hummingbirds reportedly have been found in south and SW Florida, as they migrate to south for the winter, but I have seen very few ( maybe 2 in the 40 years I've been in this state). If they are here, I'd love to see them too.
I recall seeing hummingbirds in the mountains of North Carolina when we vacationed there- people put up hummingbird feeders and the birds are attracted to those. I remember sitting on the porch of the cabin we were staying in, and a hummingbird flew up to within a foot or so of my face, hovered there, and 'twittered" at me. He did this several times before he flew off. I don't know what he was saying but I was charmed.
We also saw many hummingbirds when we visited Colorado years ago, and stayed near Rocky Mountain National Park. I remember sitting in a little restaurant on a mountain road there, and looking out at several hummingbird feeders and watching what must have been 30-40 hummingbirds vying for spots at those feeders. They're amazing birds.
Good luck with your search. And give your lovebird a "scritch" for me.
I live in Riverview, a suburb of Tampa, and I have seen hummingbirds here feasting on my Mexican petunias. I've never seen them in the heat of the day, but around 5:30 am, when I go out to get the newspaper, I've seen them many times.
I'm located maybe an hour, a little more south of you. I've been told that hummingbirds can be found in FL during the winter season, mainly, but I've only seen about two of them over the years I've been here- and those were in Miami, feasting on the flowers of a giant Florida orchid tree in my neighbors' yard- she called me over to see them. I must be missing them, I'll look a little harder in the early mornings, maybe, if you've seen them, they must be there!
I think it's a moth too. Hummingbirds are hard to see. Their little wings move so fast that they sort of disappear. Then, what you see is just some kind of Big Bug. Make sure you can see the little head and beak.
Oh, OP, I wish you had been with me last summer. I am in NC and was sitting outside on my patio with my laptop, which is pink, in my lap. A hummingbird zoomed around the corner, I guess thinking my laptop was a feeder, and just hovered in front of me twisting and turning its head studying my laptop. I FROZE. I couldn't believe how close he (she?) was to me. It was so incredible!
I was going to mention that when easybreezy mentioned that they sometimes look like moths.
Thanks for posting the picture.
My co-worker told me about them and whammo just days later one was in front of my house as I got home from work. Had I not known I would have thought it was a drab colored hummingbird as when in motion with their probiscous extended they look EXACTLY like a hummingbird to the naked eye.
Also, to clarify I meant that the Omaha zoo desert dome has hmmingbirds but not the moths loose inside of it.
I think it's a moth too. Hummingbirds are hard to see. Their little wings move so fast that they sort of disappear. Then, what you see is just some kind of Big Bug. Make sure you can see the little head and beak.
IMO best to look for the coloration but maybe that's because I'm getting older.
Check out the many pictures here, with the quick movements color is the easy way for quick ID if it flits off.
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