Hummingbird Feeder Getting Action

Got a picture of a hummingbird at the new feeder this morning. The little guy is too small to trigger the motion sensor. But I happened to be looking at the feeder.

Hopefully I can get some better video clips. I may have to switch to a V3, if I can gat power there.

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Hummingbird, on my mark, warp 1,ā€¦ Engage :index_pointing_at_the_viewer:

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The WCO wasnā€™t getting the job done. The hummingbird is too small and fast for the PIR to pick it up. I swapped it out with a V3 and that did the trick. It also helps that I can record the feeder continuously.

The little fella is making a trip to the feeder about every 15 minutes. The nest must be close by.

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Does the v3 have a better frames-per-second (fps) spec than the WCO? I think the v3 bumped up to 20 fps daytime (from 15 for the v2). The more the better to capture swift things, eh? :slight_smile:

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The daylight fps is the same for both the V3 and the WCO (20 fps). The nighttime rate is 10 fps. But I turn the off at night anyway.

With the WCO in place, I only got the original clip and photo was I happened to be looking out the window at the feeder and saw the hummingbird and manually captured the images in the app.

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Everything still humming along? :slight_smile:

Actually, there have not been any visits for a couple of days. I suspect I left the feeder out too long and the nectar went a little sour. :nauseated_face:

I cleaned it out and put in fresh sugar water. Hopefully sheā€™ll forgive me and come back soon. :slightly_smiling_face:

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After a couple of nectar changes, she has returned. :grinning:

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Welcome back, little fellaā€¦ :smile:

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I think I found the ā€œsweet spotā€ for the nectar. She been visiting the feed a lot today. :grinning:

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I rotated the shepherds hook 90 degrees to get a better view of the feeder. I donā€™t know why Iā€™m so fascinated by this little bird. I understand they are very territorial and will defend a food source. But I have seen other videos where there are a half dozen hummingbirds flitting around a feeder and hope to see something like that at mine. :smiling_face:

She must have been pretty hungry. It was raining when she flew in for breakfast.

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I expect youā€™ve seen this, if not, well worth watching. :slight_smile: Full episode viewable where I live right now.

A casting club at a local park put up several feeders on their clubhouse veranda overlooking the ā€˜cement pondā€™ - it wasā€¦ not that relaxing to watch, usually. Lotā€™s of dive bombing, chasing and chitteringā€¦ :astonished:

laterā€¦

If I may also say, watching a single bird over time may give you a deeper - or at least different - view of the breed. A different venture altogether than watching a doc. Intimate! :slight_smile:

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The feeder has been pretty busy for the past few days. Iā€™ve learned that I need to clean it every four days and put in fresh nectar.

Here are a couple of the 20+ visits Iā€™ve caught in the last 3 days. But, I have an arbor that is covered in honeysuckle vines that are starting to bloom. Iā€™m sure she is checking them out too. Iā€™ll have to adjust my RobinCam that is pointed at the nest in the arbor. (The robins have not set up another nest.

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Two things about this clip. First, it looks like she has some nesting material in her beak. And second, a few seconds in, does it look like another hummer is dive bombing the one on the feeder?

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Maybe the one at the feeder ā€œborrowedā€ some furniture from the dive bomberā€™s house :thinking:

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Definitely a second hummingbird. I caught a little aerial combat this morning.

This is the first time Iā€™ve confirmed a second hummingbird. It could just be a new arrival. Or it could be fledgling from the first hatching this spring.

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I was watching the hummingbird feeder this morning and for the first time, I saw 2 hummingbirds sitting on the feeder at the same time.

Granted, the peace didnā€™t last very long. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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@Seapup, thanks for fixing the video. I was just sitting down to see if I could do it myself. (I had a chore to complete first.)

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And here I thought the hummingbirds had all left the area. I was looking the feeder thinking it had been almost 2 weeks since the last visit and should probably take it down for the year, when this happened. šŸ˜€

(@Seapup I need your help here, please.)

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We havenā€™t had hummers for a while. Found this while in insomnia mode.

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