floraphile Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) Good morning, All. We had a hummingbird come into the yard this morning that did not act like our usual RTs. It seemed large, had a louder/buzzier sounding flight, and did not twitter at all, even when close to us. It seemed confused by the feeder--like he/she did not know what to do. It did nectar at several flowers. We thought it might just be a young RT, but it seemed larger. We occasionally have other species of hummers here. We could not see features/colors well enough to describe. 27 June 2020 Baldwin co. AL (coastal) Edited June 27, 2020 by floraphile typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbvol50 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I have no idea what bird you saw but I will say your location is one where non-ruby throats are most likely to show up in the east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, floraphile said: Good morning, All. We had a hummingbird come into the yard this morning that did not act like our usual RTs. It seemed large, had a louder/buzzier sounding flight, and did not twitter at all, even when close to us. It seemed confused by the feeder--like he/she did not know what to do. It did nectar at several flowers. We thought it might just be a young RT, but it seemed larger. We occasionally have other species of hummers here. We could not see features/colors well enough to describe. 27 June 2020 Baldwin co. AL (coastal) Keep an eye out to see if you can spot it again. When I have hummers close by that I see every day I can tell the different species by their wing sounds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Aveschapines said: Keep an eye out to see if you can spot it again. When I have hummers close by that I see every day I can tell the different species by their wing sounds. I hate you. Edited June 27, 2020 by Charlie Spencer 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 I On 6/27/2020 at 1:00 PM, Aveschapines said: Keep an eye out to see if you can spot it again. When I have hummers close by that I see every day I can tell the different species by their wing sounds. We had never observed a hummingbird that didn't constantly twitter, and it was so confused about the feeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 hour ago, floraphile said: I We had never observed a hummingbird that didn't constantly twitter, and it was so confused about the feeder. By twitter, do you mean chirp/vocalize? The ones I see certainly can be noisy but don't always chirp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) It is very helpful to learn wing trills of Hummingbirds. Here in California, we have many different species of Hummingbirds, and they can often be narrowed down to species just by their wing trills. Most Hummingbirds I often don’t see, I only hear them, and it’s normally just the wing trills, not them vocalizing. If you live in the western US, I recommend learning Hummingbirds wing trills. Edited June 29, 2020 by Connor Cochrane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: It is very helpful to learn wing trills of Hummingbirds. Here in California, we have many different species of Hummingbirds, and they can often be narrowed down to species just by their wing trills. Most Hummingbirds I often don’t see, I only hear them, and it’s normally just the wing trills, not them vocalizing. If you live in the western US, I recommend learning Hummingbirds wing trills. You too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 ... and the Anna's crazy skydiving chirp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 24 minutes ago, SirVive said: ... and the Anna's crazy skydiving chirp I call it more of a voice crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 3:10 PM, Charlie Spencer said: I hate you. On 6/29/2020 at 6:53 AM, Charlie Spencer said: You too. I guess I am about to be on the list. Black-chinned and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are both common here, so identifying them by there wing sounds is very helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Kevin said: I guess I am about to be on the list. Black-chinned and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are both common here, so identifying them by there wing sounds is very helpful. Well, I've hated you for a while now. Nothing new about that. Seriously, all I've been exposed to are Ruby-Throateds. It never occurred to me the buzz would vary between species. Edited June 30, 2020 by Charlie Spencer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 15 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: I call it more of a voice crack I read somewhere that the chirp at the bottom of an Anna’s hummingbird dive is caused by vibration of tail feathers and not the hummingbird’s voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Charlie Spencer said: Well, I've hated you for a while now. What for? Typos in most of my posts? Jokes that do not turn out to be funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Well, I've hated you for a while now. Nothing new about that. Seriously, all I've been exposed to are Ruby-Throateds. It never occurred to me the buzz would vary between species. Same about the hummingbirds. The burden of the Northeast Edited June 30, 2020 by Avery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Colton V said: I read somewhere that the chirp at the bottom of an Anna’s hummingbird dive is caused by vibration of tail feathers and not the hummingbird’s voice Definitely made by something other than that pipsqueak's voice box - especially inches from my ear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Kevin said: What for? Typos in most of my posts? Jokes that do not turn out to be funny? Your avatar faces to the left, and it's blue. It offends me politically!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Let's stop the hate! If you are close to multiple species on a daily basis you learn to distinguish the sound of their wing beats. Exposure and spending time together leads to mutual understanding ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 My new profile correctly portrays my political beliefs. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Kevin said: My new profile correctly portrays my political beliefs. I don't post this very often but ... LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Aveschapines said: Let's stop the hate! If you are close to multiple species on a daily basis you learn to distinguish the sound of their wing beats. Exposure and spending time together leads to mutual understanding ? "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 9:42 PM, Aveschapines said: By twitter, do you mean chirp/vocalize? The ones I see certainly can be noisy but don't always chirp. Yes--vocalize. I think it's pretty amazing many of you can ID hummingbirds via voice and wing beats/sounds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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