Hand Feeding Hummingbirds and Videos Of Hummingbirds

Hummingbird With Bluebonnets

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Black-Chinned Hummingbird with Indian Paintbrush

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Both oil paintings above of  hummingbirds and Texas wildflowers were painted when I lived in Texas several years ago and are no longer available for purchase.   Living in Hawaii, I miss the little hummingbirds as there are none to be found here.   They are found in South America and North America as they migrate.   I used to have hummingbird feeders in Texas and enjoyed watching these little feisty birds .   I never tried to hand feed them as in one of the videos below.    Check it out :

None of these 3 videos are of my own making, as you will notice if you view them.

Below is an interesting video showing 2 baby Allen's hummingbirds from birth to leaving the nest .

Below is a video of an Anna's hummingbird building a nest.   It might get boring for some people, but I found it fascinating to watch.

Hope you enjoyed these interesting videos.   A wonderful website for bird lovers is allaboutbirds.org

Be sure to check out the links there.   

I will be posting more about Hawaiian birds in the future, as well as other subjects.   The fascination of birds for me began when I was a child, and has intensified as I age.   

Feel free to comment as to what subjects you would be interested in my posting as time goes by. 

  

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Black-crowned Night Heron of Hawaii

"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest." - J. G. Holland

This adult Black-crowned Night Heron is truly in its own paradise !  This reference photo of mine was taken in Waikiki at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort where they have a variety of birds and even penguins.   

This was also taken at the Hilton resort and gives a closer view to observe the color of the feet and bill, etc., of an adult.  Their eyes are very red.   The male is usually taller than the female, about 26 inches in height with a wingspan of 45 inches.

The above two photos were taken months apart at Ala Moana Beach Park on Oahu and show young herons  not quite - but almost- in adult plumage.   Here they were feeding on minnows.   Their diet varies greatly including frogs, mice, insects, and various fish.   Sometimes they catch and eat baby and small adult birds.  

This juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron posed for me at the botanical gardens at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu.    Hawaii recognizes this heron as Indigenous, and it was first taken note of by Captain Cook in 1778 on the island of Kauai.   It is known as 'Auku'u in Hawaiian and is very similar to all Black-crowned Night Herons which breed on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.

Below is a recent painting of mine.  I took the reference photograph of the heron in the tree on the island of Kauai in broad daylight.  There was no moon present.  I used a lot of artistic license in this painting.

"By The Light Of The Moon - Black-crowned Night Heron"

10" x 8" oil on museum quality gessobord

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