we were eating dinner and we saw a hummingbird on the flowers outside.
it was about the size of half of a palm and it was beating its wings and sucking out pollen from a flower.
i've never seen one before in real life.
is it unusual to see a hummingbird in the uk?
2006-09-08 08:13:47 · 12 answers · asked by FreakGirl 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
yeh, i love em. they're so cute and seeing them by the dozens would be amazing. your really lucky...
2006-09-08 08:22:57 · update #1
We have them by the hundreds where I am in West Virginia, and many of us feed the little creatures with red colored sugar water. I go through about 1 gallon a week until they migrate.
The same brood will return next spring....that is really amazing!
2006-09-08 08:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by coachls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not in the UK but this is the time of year they become incredibly active. They go on a feeding frenzy this time of year, just before they migrate. So, sightings become quite common.
Here in the US, they are everywhere in South Carolina. Then, the first full moon of October, they all make a beeline for Mexico. Its amazing that these tiny little birds can fly all the way across the Guld of Mexico to their winter home. I have no idea how they do that. If I have to drive downtown, I usually need to stop for a burger on the way (20 miles).
2006-09-08 08:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by jb_cpq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hummingbirds only live in the New World, so you probably didn't see one. It's very likely that you saw a kind of moth that looks so much like a hummingbird that it is called the hummingbird moth. You will also find them called hawkmoths.
2006-09-08 08:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anything is usual anymore. We get falcons and other weird birds that never used to come here. But they are losing their more natural habitats and have no where else to go but the city. In California we see hummingbirds all the time. Aren't they so cool and tiny. :-)
2006-09-08 08:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the UK but in Texas I have a feeder outside my window and I see 25 to 30 every evening. beautiful ha?
2006-09-08 08:17:46 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't live in the UK, but its hummer season. Try putting a feeder out for them. They are inexpensive and you will get more hummers. They usually disappear about mid to late October though. But, if you feed them, they usually return. It's uncanny how they remember. I have about 20 + with just two feeders.
2006-09-08 10:02:06 · answer #6 · answered by makeitright 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humming birds are very common. Yes, they are attracted to bright flowers. Mainly red, yellow etc. They suck the nectar & pollen. There are many types. Yes, they are fun to watch and great creatures.
2006-09-08 08:16:18 · answer #7 · answered by Shayna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see them every night at home - I have a feeder. But I live in the USA near St Louis.
2006-09-08 08:19:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my neck of the woods, we've what we categorised a "hummingbug" it extremely is smaller than a hummingbird (we've those, too) yet very plenty resembles one in flight & movements. I got here to verify later ir became honestly a moth, suggested as a "Hummingbird Moth." i've got faith that's what your yahoo seek shows. As boys, we used to attempt to seize them in flight, yet in no way succeeded, although. i haven't seen any around in extremely a jointly as, although.
2017-01-05 09:20:19 · answer #9 · answered by russnak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yah you can see them anywhere except colder climates. I get to see them here in gloucester ma.
2006-09-08 08:23:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋