Hummingbird Feeder Watch
I haven’t had my hummingbird feeder out for a couple of days. So, when I put out my nectar feeder I wanted to see my hummers again! I set up my BirdCam (More on this product in a later blog post, stay tuned!) and when I picked up the pictures I had a beautiful one of a hummingbird in flight.
Here’s the same picture without zooming in.
What a stunning little bird. 
I saw him several times the next day feeding. It’s good to have my hummingbirds back!
I think the hummingbirds in my yard were getting annoyed while I had their feeder down. I caught them peeking their head into my sunflower seed feeder a few times. They sure were brave to fly right up to a feeder with twenty house finches fighting for position. — I can hear them fighting right now. House finches don’t like to share.
As stunning as this picture was, it was not the most interesting one my BirdCam took. I was shocked to find this little guy at my hummingbird feeder.
I was shocked! What kind of bird was this, and why was it at my feeder? I had to go to the message boards for help identifying this one. The conclusion…..orange-crowned warbler! It looked a little dull to be a yellow warbler. Apparently there are four types of orange-crowned warblers. It looks like this might be the sordida orange-crowned warbler. Taken from All About Birds — The form sordida is the darkest green and is found only on the Channel Islands and locally along the coast of southern California and northern Baja California.
Here’s a shot of this warbler feeding on nectar.
I saw this bird several more times today at my hummingbird feeder. It’s been fun to watch this little guy. I keep wondering what my hummingbirds think of all this.
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I have a friend who lives in California and the same thing happened to her, just this week! She sent pictures of an orange crowned warbler eating from her hummingbird feeder. I don’t know anything about them, but another friend, who knows a lot about birds, identified it. How cool! Your pictures are outstanding. You might need to put up more feeders! What a pretty hummingbird. We have the ruby-throated where I live, but I don’t see them very often.
Isn’t that interesting! I guess this must be a more common occurrence than I thought.
Thanks for the comment on my pictures. I can’t take too much credit for these pictures as my BirdCam really took them. Nonetheless, I am pleased with them.
When I first started feeding hummingbirds, I didn’t see them at all. Eventually, I gave up. Then, I decided to give it one more try, and the hummingbirds quickly discovered my feeder. So, you never know what you can attract to your yard.
My parents have a hummingbird that has built a nest outside their window. It is really cool. I’ll have to take some pictures sometime and post them on the blog.
That’s outstanding quality for a webcam!
I can relate to the lack of hummingbirds. After living in this house and trying to draw them here for 9 years, I finally saw one last year. It came for a couple of days and then left. I’ll have to be content with the songbirds, I guess, but I won’t give up! I’ll keep putting out the feeders.
Those are some great photos! We have never seen a warbler at our hummer feeders but that is very cool! Great blog. We added you to our list of blogs we will read on a regular basis. Thanks.
Occasionaly I hear of other birds drinking from a hummingbird feeder. Birds are opportunistic!