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Winter hummer
Male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) with his feathers puffed up at a feeder during freezing weather. We've had some unusually cold, snowy weather here in Vancouver and I was worried about the little hummers that live in my back yard, so I duck taped a toque to the bottom bowl of the feeder and stuffed some hand and toe warmers between the toque and the feeder, which kept it from freezing and gave a little warmth to the hummer.
Anna's hummingbirdcold weatherwintermaleCalypte Annafreezing weathertoquefeederVancouverBritish Columbia
Terry Allen
on January 17, 2020Thanks for the nice comments, Rick, Gene, Bill, Frank, Donna, Wayne, Janet, Judith, Greg&Rose, Linda, Kevin, Elizabeth, Howard, Judy, God's Child, TruImages and John!
John (300m)
on January 17, 2020very lovely hummer shot! Love the colors. Pretty cool what you did on the feeder
TruImages
on January 17, 2020Wonderful shot! Very thoughtful of you to look out for the little guys!
God's Child
on January 17, 2020I really like the bold and bright colors of the bird feeder!
My "Daily Photo" is here:
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1/16/2020
fotoeffects
on January 17, 2020Very clever of you! Great shot of this little fella!
Howard's Photography
on January 17, 2020Great catch of the hummer!
arctangent
on January 16, 2020You came up with a creative low tech solution to the problem. You can't exactly use immersion heaters like the ones designed for bird baths for a hummingbird feeder. And they need even more calories than usual to keep those tiny bodies warm.
Kevin Poynor
on January 16, 2020Nice shot.
Lgood
on January 16, 2020Neat shot of the hummer. It does look very cold with its puffed up feathers. Great image.
Greg&Rose Photography
on January 16, 2020Superb Terry