Happy Spring: Hand Feeding a Hummingbird

March 20, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments



Ah, Spring. Today is the first day, though you could have fooled me, Crazy Philadelphia Weather.

And to welcome Spring in, here’s a beautiful video of a hummingbird being fed by hand. A bit about the video.

In June of 2006 I was replacing empty feeders with clean ones and this hummingbird landed on the feeder as I was carrying it to the pole. I stopped instantly and stood perfectly still because motion will scare hummingbirds away. From this came the clips you will see in this video. It would eat from any feeder or cut flower that I would offer.

Someone suggested I try to feed it directly from my palm and success came the first day I tried. This hummingbird continued this behavior until his 2006 migration to Central America. In April of 2007 he returned to the same little plot of land in Louisville, Ky for more of the same behavior.

Watch, and be amazed.

Happy Spring everyone!

Hand Feeding Hummingbird via Reddit

About Eric: Eric spends most of his time writing, taking pictures, reading, and hanging out with his (somewhat famous) chinchilla Mittens and bunny Rory. He teaches writing and literature at some local Philadelphia colleges and works in publishing. He knows absolutely nothing about sports, and is proud of it.

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