Anna's Hummingbirds in the snow!
This morning we woke up to about three inches of snow, and the temperature below freezing again! The heated feeders (we have four) are keeping our Anna's Hummingbirds nectar from freezing. All of the non-heated feeders were obviously frozen solid until I thawed a few of them out around noon. Early this morning, the Anna's were perched so tightly together on the heated feeders that they were sitting shoulder to shoulder, and many of them were sharing the feeding ports. I would estimate that we had about 40 to 50 Anna's feeding at one time. We didn't want to go outside to get photos of the super packed feeders early this morning for the obvious reason of the disturbance that we would create. The photos below were taken about 10:00 a.m. when the feeding frenzy slowed down and the lighting was a little better. We had a steady flow of about 20 to 30 Anna's feeding at one time for the rest of the day until just before sunset when the feeding ramped up again to get one last fill-up before their torpor!
Anna's Hummingbirds in the snow!
This morning we woke up to about three inches of snow, and the temperature below freezing again! The heated feeders (we have four) are keeping our Anna's Hummingbirds nectar from freezing. All of the non-heated feeders were obviously frozen solid until I thawed a few of them out around noon. Early this morning, the Anna's were perched so tightly together on the heated feeders that they were sitting shoulder to shoulder, and many of them were sharing the feeding ports. I would estimate that we had about 40 to 50 Anna's feeding at one time. We didn't want to go outside to get photos of the super packed feeders early this morning for the obvious reason of the disturbance that we would create. The photos below were taken about 10:00 a.m. when the feeding frenzy slowed down and the lighting was a little better. We had a steady flow of about 20 to 30 Anna's feeding at one time for the rest of the day until just before sunset when the feeding ramped up again to get one last fill-up before their torpor!