[obol] Hummingbird in my ear
- From: "MS&DL" <maeveanddick@xxxxx>
- To: <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:46:42 -0800
We have two Anna's hummingbirds at our place that survived the extreme cold
spell and continue to use our feeders. We had three sometimes in the late
fall and hopefully the third one found a safe place and survived. We used
a trouble lamp with a metal pie plate reflector placed under the two feeders
to keep them from freezing. We also rotated two fresh ones during the
extreme cold days when even the heat source was not enough to keep them
thawed. I wear a red fleece jacket under a green overcoat when I work
outside during cold weather. The red fleece sticks out around my neck. An
Anna or sometimes both frequently check me out to see if the red of my
jacket is food or not. Last week when I was changing out one of the
feeders, a female Anna's came right up to within four inches of my nose to
check me out and then went around my neck checking on the red. I could feel
her wing draft and hear her chirping. A couple of hours later I was on the
deck again and she did the same thing only this time she stuck her beak into
my left ear! I did not flinch, but was quite amazed. She continues to
check me out, but no further beak-in-the ear action.
We had both chestnut-backed chickadees and black-capped chickadees
using our hummingbird feeders during the cold spell.
Dick Lamster
South of Eugene
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