LancairDriver - 1-16-2010 at 01:49 PM
For those who enjoy watching the Hummers who head to Baja in winter, here is a link to a sequence of great pictures of Hummers from eggs to flyers.
Don't forget to step to next page at the prompt at bottom of page.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/
ELINVESTIG8R - 1-16-2010 at 02:21 PM
Thanks, LancairDriver! Here is very old La Baja Hummer!
BajaNuts - 1-16-2010 at 11:44 PM
that's a great photo sequence! thanks for sharing.
We sure enjoy feeding the little buggars up north in the summer knowing they're heading south in the winter.
I's always amazing how they show up and flit from this spot to that spot looking for the "juice" that was out there last fall........
wessongroup - 1-17-2010 at 06:05 AM
Thanks... had a nest by our back door in a Fig tree.. we watched them from to start to finish.. a treat.. the little ones were a treat to see buzzing
around.... working on getting feed up.. the one you folks recommended.. was having terrible trouble with ants getting on the feeder.. love to watch
the little guys ls.. 
capt. mike - 1-17-2010 at 09:41 AM
that was very interesting.
a Q - i never saw an adult hummer with its beak open - i always thought they were permanently closed and acted like a straw?
then i see the juveniles mouths agape.
do adults eat bugs too?
i only see them around flowers and fake feeders dipping closed beaks.
Iflyfish - 1-17-2010 at 09:50 AM
Best sequence of birth and fledgling of hummers I have ever seen . Thanks, great photo series.
Iflyfish
LancairDriver - 1-17-2010 at 10:02 AM
Mike- I am no expert on birds, but I Googled Hummers and see that they get their protein by eating insects. Like you, I have never seen one with their
refueling probe open. Their flying abilities are amazing, going from hover to 200 mph in a heartbeat. (Thats why I thought it appropriate to post
under Private Baja Aviation Travel)
Glad you all enjoyed.
DianaT - 1-17-2010 at 12:18 PM
GREAT----THANKS