Last evening, as the light faded, I had to decrease the shutter speed, and filmed this guy. The pattern of the throat is rather different from that on Fredino. In particular there's a dark spot near the bottom left edge. Towards the end of the clip he turns full face to the camera and you can see this dark spot gleaming red - what I call the "drop of blood", a single male throat feather breaking through. So it appears we have at least 2 juvenile males, in addition to Fred (whose still vigorously patrolling and attacking) and Coral (who's almost certainly focussing on her nest(s) and chicks). In fact there's already quite a bit of activity, with a lot of chasing.
A blog that provides up-to-date information about the world's leading (according to Google) hummingbird sanctuary, on high bluffs overlooking Long Island Sound, Riverhead, New York. The sanctuary is private and not open to the general public. Paul's Email: paul.adams%stonybrook.edu. We sometimes livestream from the sanctuary, at youtube.com/channel/UCvTj9WdD0zItyBLI6m-U9Og/live
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Frederico's drop of blood
Last evening, as the light faded, I had to decrease the shutter speed, and filmed this guy. The pattern of the throat is rather different from that on Fredino. In particular there's a dark spot near the bottom left edge. Towards the end of the clip he turns full face to the camera and you can see this dark spot gleaming red - what I call the "drop of blood", a single male throat feather breaking through. So it appears we have at least 2 juvenile males, in addition to Fred (whose still vigorously patrolling and attacking) and Coral (who's almost certainly focussing on her nest(s) and chicks). In fact there's already quite a bit of activity, with a lot of chasing.
Thank you for your wonderful videos!! I live in Nassau County, NY and have not seen one hummingbird so far this year. I hope to visit your Sanctuary some time in August! Thanks again for sharing your wonderful sanctuary with the rest of us!
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