I saw my first hummingbird today! May 15! And it was only 75F

[John Kuthe]

Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.

Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!

Hummingbirds know, humans don't! Humans are pretty STUPID!

John Kuthe...

[GM]

Doing everything to waste your time and thus avoid taking responsibility for your own fate...AND did you look for a JOB today...???

John Kuthe = ULTIMATE SLACKER

--
Best
Greg

[John Kuthe]

Fuck you, you single minded CONFORMIST! You have NO IDEA about what is really important! I'll bet you have never even tried any classic psychedelics, like LSD or Psilocybin, have you?

John Kuthe...

[GM]

My reality is so satisfying that I've no need to "alter" it...

--
Best
Greg

[Snag]

Not only that , but hummers like their syrup at a 4:1 ratio , and
we've been seeing them here - about 200 miles south of Da Loo - for
several weeks now .
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

[GM]

I guess John must not have noticed...spring in STL starts weeks earlier than in the upper midwest, let alone where you are in AR...if John pays attention closely enough he may even see armadillos bobbling about his property...

;-)

--
Best
Greg

[Hank Rogers]

What dope did you take today?

[Hank Rogers]

He'll probably try to rent 'em a room.

[GM]

LOL...truth...even though the poor creatures carry leprosy:

'People also ask

Can an armadillo give you leprosy?

The bacteria that causes leprosy, a chronic disease that can lead to disfigurement and nerve damage, is known to be transmitted to humans from nine-banded armadillos. ... Transmission of Mycobacterium leprae from armadillos to humans has been shown to occur in the southern United States...'

--
Best
Greg

[U.S. Janet B.]

Hummingbird food recipe:

It is 1 (one) part sugar to 4 (four) parts water.

Your recipe of 5 cups water is making the solution too weak.

Janet US

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 9:33:41 PM UTC-4, John Kuthe wrote:
> Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.
>
> Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!

You're just not paying attention. Somebody reported seeing a hummingbird
in St. Louis on April 7:

<https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2020-map.htm>

We've been seeing them for a couple of weeks, much farther north than you.
That's pretty typical for this area.

Cindy Hamilton

[John Kuthe]

I'm sure humming birds will not care. Better than no hummingbird juice!

John Kuthe...

[Cindy Hamilton]

They will care, if it provides inadequate calories for their metabolic
rate.

Next batch, just make it properly.

Cindy Hamilton

[Snag]

Besides which they dig holes under your house, weakening the support
under your foundation . Out here we kill 'em on sight .

[Gary]

John Kuthe wrote:
> Hummingbirds know, humans don't! Humans are pretty STUPID!

John, have you ever watched the documentary series called,
"Life After People?" I'll bet you might enjoy that.

History Channel did a marathon of those shows last night here.
Interesting series, imo.

I know you don't have TV but you could probably watch it
via the internet.

[Lucretia Borgia]

On Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:37 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
<johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Agreed, SOME humans are indeed stupid. However, you can tell through
various trackers where hummers are at any time.

https://www.perkypet.com/advice/bird-watching/hummingbird-migration/migration-facts

[dsi1]

Oddly enough, there are no hummingbirds on this rock. Beats the heck out of me why not - we got all kinds of other god-damn critters over here. They sure are cute. When I first saw them on the mainland, I thought they were big bees.

OTOH, I saw a transparent dragonfly the other day. It was sitting on my car antenna while I was waiting in a bank parking lot. I never saw one of those before. I got out of my car slowly to take a picture. Unfortunately, it flew off. Looks like I lost my chance of having a new species of dragonfly named after myself. That would have been cool.

[Gary]

John Kuthe wrote:
>
> Fuck you, you single minded CONFORMIST! You have NO IDEA about what is really important! I'll bet you have never even tried any classic psychedelics, like LSD or Psilocybin, have you?

Next time you apply for a nurse job, that comment is what
people will see in a simple google search for you.

Get real, move on, and look for a new career.
Your nursing days are over.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

So do groundhogs. At least you can eat a groundhog.

[GM]

We should compile "The Big Book of Kuthe Insults"...

--
Best
Greg

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:02:57 AM UTC-4, Snag wrote:

> Besides which they dig holes under your house, weakening the support
> under your foundation . Out here we kill 'em on sight .

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about hummingbirds.

Cindy Hamilton

[Snag]

Oh no , we'd never do anything to hurt those little beauties !

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Sat, 16 May 2020 04:23:52 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe

They probably won't know the difference and will continue feeding on
your sub-par food and will sicken and die.
You should read up on hummingbirds and the amount of calories they
use. If you won't be careful of their health you should take your
feeders down so that they find another source of food.
Those little birds need to store up food to be able to fly home in the
fall by flying non-stop over ocean water. What you are feeding is the
equivalent of a diet drink.
Janet US

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 2:49:09 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> They probably won't know the difference and will continue feeding on
> your sub-par food and will sicken and die.
> You should read up on hummingbirds and the amount of calories they
> use. If you won't be careful of their health you should take your
> feeders down so that they find another source of food.
> Those little birds need to store up food to be able to fly home in the
> fall by flying non-stop over ocean water. What you are feeding is the
> equivalent of a diet drink.
> Janet US
>

Well stated!!!!!!!!

It just goes to show he can't care for any living creature.

[Bruce]

I bet that birdie can tell whether the drink is energetic enough or
not. And who knows, maybe those hummingbirds are overweight. They are
American, after all.

[Hank Rogers]

You are correct. Fat ass american hummingbirds usually fall to the
ground and die a horrible death in da Loo.

But your sorry rotten ass, as primary mentor and manager of kuth,
does nothing to correct this poor maniac and show him the way.

You are pretty low down Druce.

[Lucretia Borgia]

On Sat, 16 May 2020 13:49:01 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 May 2020 04:23:52 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
><johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 11:00:47 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:37 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>>> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.
>>> >
>>> >Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!
>>> >
>>> >Hummingbirds know, humans don't! Humans are pretty STUPID!
>>> >
>>> >John Kuthe...
>>>
>>> Hummingbird food recipe:
>>>
>>> It is 1 (one) part sugar to 4 (four) parts water.
>>>
>>> Your recipe of 5 cups water is making the solution too weak.
>>>
>>> Janet US
>>
>>I'm sure humming birds will not care. Better than no hummingbird juice!

Janet is absolutely correct, never seen your recipe anywhere.

[Lucretia Borgia]

They need to stack up ready for very long migrations.

[Hank Rogers]

Yes, but he tries. The psychosis always over powers that.

I do feel very sorry for him, but he will never function normally.

As long as he maintains some degree of normalcy, he will and should
remain free.

He could snap ... then he will be in the headlines for a week.

But he may eventually die and be buried in the lunatic cemetery in
da Loo.

[Hank Rogers]

Humming birds always hoover around my ass. I just thought they were
dutch birds from australia, so I let them sniff my ass crack, like
you do every day.

[Alex]

John Kuthe wrote:
> On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 9:22:11 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:

>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>>> Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.
>>>
>>> Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!
>>>
>>> Hummingbirds know, humans don't! Humans are pretty STUPID!
>>

>> Doing everything to waste your time and thus avoid taking responsibility for your own fate...AND did you look for a JOB today...???
>>
>> John Kuthe = ULTIMATE SLACKER
>>

>> --
>> Best
>> Greg

> Fuck you, you single minded CONFORMIST! You have NO IDEA about what is really important! I'll bet you have never even tried any classic psychedelics, like LSD or Psilocybin, have you?
>

> John Kuthe...

Drugs are really important?  Another gem for your prospective employers
to see.  When will you learn to SFTU?

[Bruce]

So they'd better not be overweight?

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 1:48:37 PM UTC-4, Snag wrote:
> On 5/16/2020 11:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:02:57 AM UTC-4, Snag wrote:
> >
> >> Besides which they dig holes under your house, weakening the support
> >> under your foundation . Out here we kill 'em on sight .
> >
> > For a minute there, I thought you were talking about hummingbirds.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
>
> Oh no , we'd never do anything to hurt those little beauties !

It was the "dig holes under your house" that really had me going.

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 4:29:00 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

> I bet that birdie can tell whether the drink is energetic enough or
> not. And who knows, maybe those hummingbirds are overweight. They are
> American, after all.

No, they can't. There have been cases of people making hummingbird
nectar from artificial sweeteners, and the birds happily snarfed it
up.

Cindy Hamilton

[Bruce]

Typical Americans.

[Lucretia Borgia]

They need the extra weight because of the migration sucking all the
power out of them. Before I moved here, I used to feed them. I put
the feeder out before the first arrived (I used to track them on those
maps) and you could almost see the relief of a good meal after a long
trek. Unfortunately they don't come to this area so I gave up putting
out a feeder.

[Snag]

Their little beaks flailing away , moving dirt one tiny clump at a
time ...

[Dave Smith]

Some animals can dig holes very quickly.

[Cindy Hamilton]

ROFL.

Cindy Hamilton

[John Kuthe]

Like the Honey Badger!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

John Kuthe...

[Bruce]

On Sun, 17 May 2020 09:41:44 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Some animals can dig holes very quickly.

This message was brought to you by Dave Smith.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

One thing for sure, hummingbirds are never 'obese.' I don't even know that
any of them tip the scales at much more than an ounce.

[John Kuthe]

With their metabolic rate, especially hard to become obese. Plus HUMANS are the only creature stupid enough to become obese! Think about it!

John Kuthe...

[graham]

Up here we are supposed to stop feeding them in August to persuade them
to start migrating.

[Hank Rogers]

Damn Yumans!

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 5:07:37 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 4:41:13 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > One thing for sure, hummingbirds are never 'obese.' I don't even know that
> > any of them tip the scales at much more than an ounce.
>

> Plus HUMANS are the only creature stupid enough to become obese! Think about it!
>
> John Kuthe...
>

Oh, John, that was soooooo informative. Thank you.

(eye roll)

[Bruce]

How about this revelation by Dave Smith?

[Sheldon Martin]

Our hummingbirds typically show up on May 15th but this year they
didn't show up until today, it's been cold and wet. We mowed all day
today but only the areas that were dry enough, a lot was much too
wet... we need some sun and no rain. The hummers have been feasting
at our feeder.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 17 May 2020 19:21:02 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:

I'm surprised that you rightwingers haven't made them go extinct yet.
I guess that's a work in progress.

[Lucretia Borgia]

Actually they usually double their weight just prior to the big
migration, mostly because they rarely eat while on the move.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 6:30:45 PM UTC-5, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>
> Actually they usually double their weight just prior to the big
> migration, mostly because they rarely eat while on the move.
>

Beautiful little creatures for sure.

[cshenk]

We are south, on the way to you. It's feeding time in Virginia Beach.

[Leo]

On 2020 May 16, , dsi1 wrote
(in article<2dea9f4d-7b18-45f1...@googlegroups.com>):

> Oddly enough, there are no hummingbirds on this rock. Beats the heck out of
> me why not - we got all kinds of other god-damn critters over here. They sure
> are cute. When I first saw them on the mainland, I thought they were big bees.

Hummingbirds travel poorly in ships and airplanes without specific care.
Rats, pigs, cats and brown tree snakes don’t.

leo

[dsi1]

Well okay, I did not know that. I'd like to see hummingbirds on this rock. That would be so awesome. Please don't use the "B" word i.e., "brown tree snake." My guess is that sooner or later, they'll be here. I hate snakes!

[Bruce]

I got used to them.

[Gary]

dsi1 wrote:
>
> Leo wrote:

> > dsi1 wrote:
> > > Oddly enough, there are no hummingbirds on this rock. Beats the heck out of
> > > me why not - we got all kinds of other god-damn critters over here. They sure
> > > are cute. When I first saw them on the mainland, I thought they were big bees.

Hawaii won't allow any non native animals in. They might kill off
the natural ones there. That's happened before in other
countries.

> > Hummingbirds travel poorly in ships and airplanes without specific care.
> > Rats, pigs, cats and brown tree snakes don’t.

Bumble bees can be frozen then thawed without any harm.

> Well okay, I did not know that. I'd like to see hummingbirds on this rock. That would be so awesome. Please don't use the "B" word i.e., "brown tree snake." My guess is that sooner or later, they'll be here. I hate snakes!

I read once, many years ago, that Hawaii has no snakes.
Is that still true?

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> dsil wrote:
> > I hate snakes!
>
> I got used to them.

Several kinds of snakes here. I think they are interesting
and I've done a "catch and release" occasionally. Just hold
for a few minutes and check them out, then let them go.

All are rarely seen and easy enough to avoid.
Most times, you only see them if you are trying to find one.

Only ones I avoid are the poisonous water moccasins,
aka Cottonmouth (due to their white mouths inside).
Unlike most snakes that will slither away if they
hear or smell you coming, those mean bastards will chase
you if you get too close.

[S Viemeister]

On 5/18/2020 1:49 PM, Gary wrote:

> I read once, many years ago, that Hawaii has no snakes.
> Is that still true?
>

There used to be a snake or two in the zoo in Honolulu.

[dsi1]

Hawaii's story is one of non-native species killing off the native ones. The invasive species then become the native species and are then killed off by other newcomers. It's always been a power struggle on this rock. Hawaii used to have the most diverse species of native birds found nowhere else on the planet. Most of them are wiped out by man, diseases, and mosquitoes.

The most tragic kill-off would be the Hawaiians. Their contacts with the non-native diseases killed off about 90% of them in less than 100 years. The Hawaiian royals were quite enamored with the outside world. It would be as if visitors from outer space dropped down on earth and offered trips to their worlds. The royals kept going out into the big new worlds and it kept killing them.

The truth about "The War of the Worlds" is that a year after the aliens are defeated, 90% of the earth's population would be dead from alien microorganisms. I guess old H.G. forgot about that part.

Hawaii has no snakes except in zoos and homes with illegal animals. It'll probably change shortly. My guess is that a military aircraft will fly in from Guam carrying a Brown Tree Snake in it's landing gear compartment. The snake will drop out of the plane and slither off into the trees. It will then proceed to feed on the eggs of birds.

[Dave Smith]

In parts of Africa they have black mambas, which are big, fast and
aggressive and very toxic.

[graham]

On 2020-05-18 8:14 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
My guess is that a military aircraft will fly in from Guam carrying a
Brown Tree Snake in it's landing gear compartment. The snake will drop
out of the plane and slither off into the trees. It will then proceed to
feed on the eggs of birds.
>

As long as it is not a Brown Snake from Australia...

[Bruce]

Dave Smith wrote:
> In parts of Africa they have black mambas, which are big, fast and aggressive
> and very toxic.
>

Thanks for that, Captain obvious boring fuckwit.

[dsi1]

I'm hoping that the Hawaiian mongoose will be able to defeat the brown tree snake but the local mongoose have been here for so long that they probably forgot what a snake looks like. Please hold off on sending your snakes here until we get a definitive answer.

[Bruce]

dsi1 has brought this to us :

Are there any bats or did the Chinks eat all of them?

[Dave Smith]

Can we guess it might be different if it was a civilian aircraft rather
than military?

[Bruce]

Same with the brown snakes here. And they're top 3 most venomous in
the world. But I've only been chased by one once. Mainly, we see
pythons and tree snakes, which are both not venomous.

[Bruce]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 08:49:18 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> Leo wrote:
>> > dsi1 wrote:
>> > > Oddly enough, there are no hummingbirds on this rock. Beats the heck out of
>> > > me why not - we got all kinds of other god-damn critters over here. They sure
>> > > are cute. When I first saw them on the mainland, I thought they were big bees.
>
>Hawaii won't allow any non native animals in. They might kill off
>the natural ones there. That's happened before in other
>countries.

But you're all for that. At least in Australia. You said we should let
the feral dogs take over and let them wipe out native animals.

>> > Hummingbirds travel poorly in ships and airplanes without specific care.

>> > Rats, pigs, cats and brown tree snakes don’t.

>
>Bumble bees can be frozen then thawed without any harm.
>
>> Well okay, I did not know that. I'd like to see hummingbirds on this rock. That would be so awesome. Please don't use the "B" word i.e., "brown tree snake." My guess is that sooner or later, they'll be here. I hate snakes!
>
>I read once, many years ago, that Hawaii has no snakes.
>Is that still true?

What's St. Patrick in Hawaiian?

[jmcquown]

On 5/16/2020 12:00 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:37 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.
>>
>> Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!
>>
Global warming has nothing to do with hummingbird migration patterns.
They don't have tiny calendars tucked under their rapidly beating wings.

>> Hummingbirds know, humans don't! Humans are pretty STUPID!
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
> Hummingbird food recipe:
>
> It is 1 (one) part sugar to 4 (four) parts water.
>
> Your recipe of 5 cups water is making the solution too weak.
>
> Janet US
>
Absolutely, Janet. The standard recipe is 1/2 c. sugar to 2 cups just
boiling water. I measure the sugar into the mason jar and then add the
hot water to it. Stir until it is dissolved. Cover and let it cool to
room temp (or refrigerate - I always have a second jar in the fridge. :)

DO NOT ever pour hot sugar water into a hummingbird feeder. What's he
trying to do, burn their tongues off?

Jill

[Bruce]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 16:46:35 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 5/16/2020 12:00 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:37 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.
>>>
>>> Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!
>>>
>Global warming has nothing to do with hummingbird migration patterns.
>They don't have tiny calendars tucked under their rapidly beating wings.

Global warming affects everything.

[jmcquown]

On 5/16/2020 3:49 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sat, 16 May 2020 04:23:52 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>> On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 11:00:47 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:37 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>>> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Poor thing flew past me as I was sitting out back having a last Cuppa Plus looking for the hummingbird feeder, which I did not have it out yet! It actually flew up and put it's little beak into a screw home in the deck before giving up and flying away! :-( So I immediately went back in, found the hummingbird feeder, and made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice. One cup of sugar to five cups of water, heated on the stove until all the sugar was dissolved, then put it in a washed out big glass bottle, put some in the washed out feeder and put it out.
>>>>
>>>> Can you spell Global WARMING? I normally don't see any hummingbirds into well into Summer! And it's only May 15!
>>>>

>>>> Hummingbirds know, humans don't! Humans are pretty STUPID!
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>
>>> Hummingbird food recipe:
>>>
>>> It is 1 (one) part sugar to 4 (four) parts water.
>>>
>>> Your recipe of 5 cups water is making the solution too weak.
>>>
>>> Janet US
>>

>> I'm sure humming birds will not care. Better than no hummingbird juice!
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
> They probably won't know the difference and will continue feeding on
> your sub-par food and will sicken and die.
> You should read up on hummingbirds and the amount of calories they
> use. If you won't be careful of their health you should take your
> feeders down so that they find another source of food.
> Those little birds need to store up food to be able to fly home in the
> fall by flying non-stop over ocean water. What you are feeding is the
> equivalent of a diet drink.
> Janet US
>
Kudos, Janet US, very well written! :) He thinks he's somehow being
benevolent by putting up a feeder full of diluted "diet" sugar water. I
hope he has neighbors with feeders who care more about them. The birds
are smart enough to seek out the better feeders (and the flowers).
Hummingbirds are fascinating. I know quite a bit about them and they
show up at my feeder all the time. Cool thing about them, the beating
of their wings sounds like the light saber in 'Star Wars'. Slight
change in pitch when they move but that's what it reminds me of. Oh,
and they chirp, too. Very soft chirps between sips.

I know a hell of a lot more about hummingbirds than Kuthe ever dreamed of.

Jill <---avid bird watcher

[Bruce]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 16:57:57 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>Kudos, Janet US, very well written! :) He thinks he's somehow being
>benevolent by putting up a feeder full of diluted "diet" sugar water. I
>hope he has neighbors with feeders who care more about them. The birds
>are smart enough to seek out the better feeders (and the flowers).
>Hummingbirds are fascinating. I know quite a bit about them and they
>show up at my feeder all the time. Cool thing about them, the beating
>of their wings sounds like the light saber in 'Star Wars'.

The frame of reference of an American :)

[jmcquown]

On 5/17/2020 5:41 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 1:00:33 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 16 May 2020 18:45:51 -0300, Lucretia Borgia
>> <lucreti...@fl.it> wrote:
>>
>>> They need to stack up ready for very long migrations.
>>
>> So they'd better not be overweight?
>>
> One thing for sure, hummingbirds are never 'obese.' I don't even know that
> any of them tip the scales at much more than an ounce.
>

Bruce is trying to work some silly thing about obese Americans into a
hummingbird discussion.

Hummingbirds do not tip those scales. They showed up at my feeder at
the beginning of April. They migrated from Florida and perhaps even
further south. They're here to stay until October or November.

They're expending an extreme amount of energy during the day sipping
nectar/sugar water (not Kuthe's "juice"). Not because they're still
migrating. They've arrived and they're nesting. They are busy
establishing relationships and building little tiny nests and will madte
and lay little tiny eggs. :)

Hummingbirds save energy during the night because they go into a state
of torpor. They go back to their nest when the sun sets. Their body
temps drop and in a state of torpor you can't wake them up. When the
sun comes up their bodies warm and they gradually come out of it. Then
they have to go right back to work, looking for nutrition from flowers
and tiny insects and at least a feeder that doesn't contain some cheap,
diluted "diet soda".

Jill

[Hank Rogers]

It runs the cuppa plus.

[Hank Rogers]

I don't believe yoose. Kuth is a cannabis ornithologist.

[Hank Rogers]

Maybe she'll bend over for you Pruce.

[Gary]

My only snake bite ever was from an Australian python.

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> Gary wrote:
> >Hawaii won't allow any non native animals in. They might kill off
> >the natural ones there. That's happened before in other
> >countries.
>
> But you're all for that. At least in Australia. You said we should let
> the feral dogs take over and let them wipe out native animals.

Your Dingo dogs were imported too. Also rabbits that swarm every
few years after conditions are right.

[Bruce]

Since you're an armchair traveller, was that a pet python?

[Bruce]

If it was up to you, we'd say goodbye to the kangaroo, the wallaby,
the koala, the platypus, the wombat and so on.

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> Gary wrote:
>
> >Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >> Gary wrote:
> >> >Hawaii won't allow any non native animals in. They might kill off
> >> >the natural ones there. That's happened before in other
> >> >countries.
> >>
> >> But you're all for that. At least in Australia. You said we should let
> >> the feral dogs take over and let them wipe out native animals.
> >
> >Your Dingo dogs were imported too. Also rabbits that swarm every
> >few years after conditions are right.
>
> If it was up to you, we'd say goodbye to the kangaroo,

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41227521

> the wallaby,
> the koala, the platypus, the wombat and so on.

You're digging too hard for a nifty response.
Maybe you should pay more attention to your own country
rather than your constant USA obscession. :)

[Bruce]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 19:01:52 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>
>> >Bruce wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Gary wrote:
>> >> >Hawaii won't allow any non native animals in. They might kill off
>> >> >the natural ones there. That's happened before in other
>> >> >countries.
>> >>
>> >> But you're all for that. At least in Australia. You said we should let
>> >> the feral dogs take over and let them wipe out native animals.
>> >
>> >Your Dingo dogs were imported too. Also rabbits that swarm every
>> >few years after conditions are right.
>>
>> If it was up to you, we'd say goodbye to the kangaroo,
>
>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41227521
>
>> the wallaby,
>> the koala, the platypus, the wombat and so on.
>
>You're digging too hard for a nifty response.

They're your words.

>Maybe you should pay more attention to your own country
>rather than your constant USA obscession. :)

I was talking about my own country. Or do you have koalas in Virginia
Beach?