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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 24, 2015 18:11:31 GMT -5
Cornell has a hummer cam in the Davis Mountains, about 40 or so miles from me (as the bird flies  . Here's the link cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/50/West_Texas_Hummingbirds/#_ga=1.17411897.1267964400.1443135372It went through a you tube video first and then I clicked on Live and got the live feed. I've seen Rufous, Black-chinned and I think Blue-throated, or maybe Magnificent, and a juvie Calliope in just a short time watching now (around 6 PM) Here's the link of the group hosting the cam. Pretty new group. I know of the people. Went to a lecture given by Kelly on IDing hummers out here, years ago. He did a great job, still have his handout and my notes in my birding book! www.westtexasavianresearch.org/ There is also a link to Carolyn's oasis in the Christmas Mountains that you may enjoy visiting. |
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Post by hazelrunmama on Sept 24, 2015 23:09:28 GMT -5
I saw this earlier and managed a quick hummingbird fix before my meeting!  This is good, because our hummers have been gone for 2 days now and I'm in withdrawal. I get home, come back to the link and click on it and gosh darn it--it's dark now! LOL I don't know what I was thinking!! heheheh Can't wait to try to identify the hummers--it'll be quite a change from seeing only Ruby-throateds! Thanks for the link, Lue. |
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 25, 2015 8:53:26 GMT -5
Yep, it even gets dark here...  We have longer days right now than you but... there is a limit! |
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 25, 2015 17:21:49 GMT -5
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Post by luv2bird on Sept 26, 2015 10:43:00 GMT -5
Lots of activity right now. (5:20 PM CDT). Here's a couple screen shots from 5:30. Second shows the Rufous gorget pretty good. Very nice pictures Lue, the rufous gorget really shows, once in a while, someone up here reports a Rufous Hummer, it would be a life bird for me. |
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Post by hazelrunmama on Sept 26, 2015 16:21:31 GMT -5
Lots of activity today! There was just one there with an iridescent blue throat--what kind was that, does anyone know? Very cool!
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 27, 2015 10:19:40 GMT -5
If it was larger, most likely it was a Magnificent.
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 27, 2015 10:24:39 GMT -5
Very nice pictures Lue, the rufous gorget really shows, once in a while, someone up here reports a Rufous Hummer, it would be a life bird for me. Did you watch the cam L2B? |
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Post by luv2bird on Sept 27, 2015 21:34:03 GMT -5
Very nice pictures Lue, the rufous gorget really shows, once in a while, someone up here reports a Rufous Hummer, it would be a life bird for me. Did you watch the cam L2B? No, not at first but tonight I tried all I got was a black screen. P.S. You have the same crickets down there that we got up here.
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 30, 2015 17:55:25 GMT -5
Lol! The sun eventually sets here too, L2B
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Sept 30, 2015 21:28:02 GMT -5
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Post by hazelrunmama on Oct 1, 2015 20:12:21 GMT -5
Very cool! I wonder how long they've been banding there? At least since 2012 since one of the recaps was banded then... Still torn about letting them band Ruby-throated hummers here. I do know the person licensed to band in WI, but we're so afraid of seeing one hurt! They're our babies, y'know! |
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Oct 2, 2015 9:34:01 GMT -5
HRM, It says on the project site "several years" I'll paste an excerpt. Remember the hummingbird place near San Angelo that I posted a link to a while back. They are mentioned in this excerpt too. They've banded more than 17,000!!!!! Master bird bander Kelly Bryan is currently conducting a hummingbird project that includes weekly banding efforts at eight sites throughout the Davis Mountains/Big Bend region of West Texas when hummingbirds are present. The reality is that little is known of the exact status and distribution of hummingbirds in this region. Hummingbirds are hard to identify, especially in the fall when migrating birds are intermixed with juveniles. They don’t sit still and it is virtually impossible to make proper identifications and to quantify numbers of individuals by mere observation. Therefore, the only way to obtain important data on hummingbirds is to capture and band individual birds with the acquisition of those data being the ultimate goal. This project has completely altered our knowledge of hummingbirds in this region. The distribution, population and habits of the special hummingbirds that live there were not well known before this project was started. Nine thousand, two hundred and eighty-three hummingsbirds have been banded as part of this project. More complete discussions of this project are available at westtexashummingbirds.com/ . Kelly is assisted by his banding team of Donna Bryan, Carolyn Ohl-Johnson, Rich and Brenda Gatchell. The very active banding schedule includes systematic bandings in the Christmas Mountains at the properties of Carolyn Ohl-Johnson cmoasis.blogspot.com/, Terry and Suzy Ervin, and Bonnie Wunderlich of Terlingua Ranch, Marc and Maryann Eastman of Davis Mountain Resort, Texas Nature Conservancy's Davis Mountain Preserve, Far Flung Resort at Terlingua, and Lajitas Resort, as well as the personal property of the Bryans located high in the mountains of the Davis Mountains. Master bird bander Charles Floyd is currently conducting a hummingbird project, a Painted Bunting project, a spring and fall migrant study, and operates the South Concho River MAPS station at the Hummer House near Christoval, Texas. hummerhouse.com More than seventeen thousand hummingbirds have been banded at the Hummer House over the past several years creating a vast and unique collection of data on Black-chinned Hummingbirds. |
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Post by hazelrunmama on Oct 3, 2015 23:33:11 GMT -5
Wow! Definitely a labor of love!
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Post by happybirder on Jul 21, 2016 17:53:12 GMT -5
The hummer cam is back up...it is such a treat after being down since 12/14/15.
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. Here's the link cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/50/West_Texas_Hummingbirds/#_ga=1.17411897.1267964400.1443135372
This is good, because our hummers have been gone for 2 days now and I'm in withdrawal. 
We have longer days right now than you but... there is a limit!
