[Birdtalk] Hummingbirds . . . priceless!

[Linda s Butler]

Thanks, Joel, for sending the photos and to Brenda for the Urban Legends
link. It's nice that some of these "urban legends" are actually true!
I have a lovely photo of my ten-year-old daughter holding a hummingbird
in Colorado. I think it's a broad-tailed. I've had hummers land on my
fingers to drink (doing similarly as Abigail did in her description of
"taming" the birds) in American Fork Canyon and once here at my house. I
agree with Mark, Black-chinned's seem to be shy.
Last summer one little hummer was as intrigued with us as we were with
him. He hovered by our picture window for about thirty seconds, giving us
a close examination before flying off.
Some of the joys and blessings of birding is that you're "forced" to be
quiet and still in a world that is full of noise and speed.
Linda Butler

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:37:02 -0700 "Brenda Kidman" <bkidman at gmail.com>
writes:
Those pictures have been circulating for a long time.

Here is more information on the photos from Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hummingbirds.asp 
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