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Index of Subjects Really neat tale well-told, Marg. Thanks. Hope he lives to fly another day! Lois Codling Margaret E.Millard wrote: > Hello, I am most interested in this. I can't access the page, get > error 401 or something like that,,,,,,then page not listed. > > I had an interesting encounter when I went out a short while ago to > fill my hummingbird feeders. There on the ground beside my car (with > wonderful sky reflected in the windows) upside down was a little male > hummingbird. I took a look and it was blinking and vibrating and an > occasional wiggle. I knew on its back it is unable to move easily, so > I gently picked it up and nestled it in my hand and started trying to > figure who might be able to get it to Hellene. New glasses and I can't > see to drive, walk or read yet! > After about 5 minutes I could feel the vibrating slowing and it slowly > and ever so faintly worked its feet under it and stretched out one > wing. They are all attached to each other, the feathers. How cool. > kind of like webbed feet. I didn't know that. One wing didn't seem to > respond. How delicate they creature is. Awesome!! > I held it a bit longer and uncupped my hand and it nestled back as if > to get warm. Steve got the camera and took a couple photos but really > they aren't that great for detail. It is quite chilly here tonight > and I suppose it got cold on the ground. > After a couple more minutes it peeped and tried to 'sit up' so I > opened my hand flat and it shifted around. It faced me straight on and > stretched out first one wing and worked that, then the other and that > worked this time. It lifted slightly then settled back into the cup > for a minute then up it went about 6" off my hand and flew quite tight > little loops and then settled in my hand again. > It began to peep again and then lifted off to rest on a grapevine > about three feet away. It sat there a bit and then peeped some more. I > was wondering if it was still a bit stunned so I carefully stretched > up my finger and touched it. I fully expected it to fly away but it > hopped/flew onto my finger and held on. Maybe it thought I was a > tree.....In any event it eventually flew back to the grapevine, then > to the feeder and I think it was the same bird that settled on the > other feeder I refreshed as I hung it up. > Makes a body feel good to be alive. > Marg Millard, White Point, Queens > http://margmillard.ca > ----- Original Message ----- From: <uhoeger@dal.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 8:43 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Hummingbird facts > > >> Last week a scientific paper dealing with the top speed of a hummingbird >> species (Anna's) was published. Now you can find the short story >> along with >> a high-speed video clip on the NG website: >> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090612-fastest-flying- >> bird.html >> >> In case someone is interested in the whole original paper and can not >> access it I am able to help out. >> >> Ulli >> > > >
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