Vicki Miller's Page

    Because a friend of mine in Arizona had found a couple banded hummingbirds at her feeders in 2008, I got interested in volunteering at a banding station being done in my area of northern California in 2009.  This program was quite interesting to watch, but more rewarding when I actually took part in it and found that some of the hummingbirds we were trapping (safely I might add) had been previously banded in prior years. 

    For the last 3 years I have watched and photographed…

     I've taken more than a hundred photos of my hummingbirds almost every day since 2008 and have never captured one like this. 

     I knew all hummingbirds really fight for a spot on the feeders and have seen them hanging upside down from a perch  or standing on another hummer's back, but never have I seen one grab the bill of another one and hold on with two feet. Wouldn't you know, this one photo just didn't come out as clear and sharp as I'd have liked?  Guess I should be happy…

   A few days ago my husband and I were taking our dogs on a morning walk when we came upon an American Crow that seemed to be tangled up or tied to the power wires hanging across the roadway.  As we got closer we noticed the bird had somehow gotten a long piece of string twisted around it's leg and the wires and wasn't able to break lose. 

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