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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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I didn't realize till today that hummingbirds seek out the flowering blueberry bush. I watched one methodically go to every flower on a significantly sized bush.
As soon as he left, my resident catbird, (I love this bird and he's been returning for four years now), flew down to the shrub and began to rip flowers off of it. I don't know if he was making a statement or something else, but it didn't seem he was using them for any other purpose than to rid himself of frustration. This catbird is the one I caught in the house sparrow trap last week. After I released him (he may have been in there a few hours) I didn't see him for a couple of days and feared he had deserted the property. But, he's back and hanging out on the same Viburnum trilobum he has been nesting in for years. ![]()
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Hahahahaha He's getting even with you.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Great to know. They do have bell shaped flowers, it makes sense. I'll have to be on the look out for the hummer I saw---come to think of it, he took off in the direction of the blueberry bushes. All the more reason to plant more of them! Yay! (That is my plan.) Quote:
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I have a resident catbird that squawks at me... I copy the sound and meow back at him. Strange behavior, not sure what is up with that...but glad to know he is back for your enjoyment.
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Rock Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Piedmont area NJ USA
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Oh, you are lucky to have the hummer come to your blueberry bush Jack.
It is amazing how many shrubs and plants they visit not listed as hummer plants on specialty sites. I've seen 1 visit Bowman's root, Gillenia trifoliata planted under a native honeysuckle. That being said I am jealous because each year I add another type of plant to attract them and still I don't see any until late summer when 1 visits. I even have 5 blueberries they can visit. As for the catbirds strange behavior could it be a territorial dispute ? |
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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![]() Of course, I've read that no bird is a match for a hummer in a dispute, so perhaps in the catbird's case, discretion was the better part of valor.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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At least you get to see one in late summer...here's hoping you start getting them earlier in the spring. ![]() Quote:
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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![]() On a more serious note.... Quote:
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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There you go....... Plants that attract Humming birds
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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~smile~ Well, I guess I entertain myself...not sure what the catbird thinks---or the neighbor(s) if they hear me doing it.
I see you started one; I'll look open it later...right now, I want to drive to a local park that I've been away from for a good two weeks or more...and see what I've missed.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Jack, I was out for a walk today along a country road; while walking I was thinking about seeing a hummingbird at my Monarda didyma patch and wondering what I had to attract them earlier in the year. So, I asked Google "Do hummingbirds visit blueberry flowers (voice to text technology still amazes me). What amazed me more was that your post (quoted above) came up in answer to my query. The Google assistant (or whatever it is) read to me "According to Wildlife Gardeners..." Nice to see WG still shows up in searches. You are internet famous! ![]() ![]() ![]()
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