Hummer/Bee in slo-mo; visiting

Fully booked this week.  Plenty more visiting dates, until sept 15 after which we permanently close, will be posted here soon. For more info, see the right-hand column of this blog.

weekend and next week

Photo by Judy Lindo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/judylindo/). The flower is Canna.

We will be open to visitors (by appointment only, email your request with selected date/time and your first and last name to paul.adams+stonybrook.edu): wed aug 16 am, pm,  (am = 10-12.30, pm = 3-5). Plenty more visiting dates, until sept 15 after which we permanently close, will be posted here soon.

a tiny ruby

This boy is wearing just one tiny ruby on his throat.

No more availability for this week. Dates for the weekend and next week will be posted soon. Please see righthand panel of this blog for more details.

visiting next week

photo from the sanctuary by Sung Kim. The flower is rosebud sage (Salvia involucrata "Bethellii"). The sanctuary will be open to visitors (by appointment only: paul.adams^stonybrook.edu) sunday aug 6 am, and tues, wed, (aug 8,9) am,pm, thur (aug 10) am and fri (aug 11) am (am = 10-12.30, pm = 3-5). Please see righthand panel of this blog for details.

no slots left this week

recent sanctuary photo by Sung Kim. No more visiting slots this week but 3 days will soon be posted for next week. Under the terms of the lawsuit settlement with a neighbor, we can only open 3 days per week and one half day at weekends, and must close permanently after sept 15.

perching to feed

flying burns a lot of energy and means they have to feed a lot, which in turn makes hummers very eager to defend their patch of flowers, even if it entails flying a lot. To save energy, they will perch whenever possible, and will try to do so when feeding if there's a convenient flower stalk.
Available visiting slots next week (am= 10-12.30, pm=3-5): mon july 31 am,  tues aug 1 am, pm; wed aug 2 pm, thur aug 3 pm only : email paul.adams%stonybrook.edu with your request.

Like father like son

Sanctuary visiting procedure: pick a specific ANNOUNCED date/time, email Paul, he will send Directions/Instructions and Waiver, which you must read. If you are ok with these, email him again and he will send the necessary confirmation. It's a hassle for all but keeps things smooth. The sanctuary will be open to visitors july 26 (am,pm), 27 (am,pm) and 28 (am) (by appointment only: email paul.adams&stonybrook.edu); am = 10-12.30 and pm = 3-5. We will be open a half-day at the weekend (TBA), and three days every week until sept 15 (TBA). Please try to request an appointment at least 12 hours ahead, so there's time to do the necessary steps. 2 phone-photos from Susan Boyce, who visited tuesday afternoon.
There's a young male, Fred Junior who I call Fredino, whose sparring with Fred (his putative dad). Here's video from wednesday afternoon:

Looks like rain saturday so we will open, by appointment, sunday morning (July 30 10-12.30)

Visiting Procedure

Sanctuary visiting procedure: pick a specific ANNOUNCED date/time, email Paul, he will send Directions/Instructions and Waiver, which you must read. If you are ok with these, email him again and he will send the necessary confirmation. It's a hassle for all but keeps things smooth. The sanctuary will be open to visitors july 26 (am,pm), 27 (am,pm) and 28 (am) (by appointment only: email paul.adams&stonybrook.edu); am = 10-12.30 and pm = 3-5. We will be open a half-day at the weekend (TBA), and three days every week until sept 15 (TBA).Please try to request an appointment at least 12 hours ahead, so there's time to do the necessary steps. 2 phone-photos from Susan Boyce, who visited tuesday afternoon.

open days this week

We will be open to visitors (by appointment only: email paul.adams&stonybrook.edu) july 25 (pm only) , 26 (am,pm), 27 (am,pm) and 28 (am only) ; am = 10-12.30 and pm = 3-5. We will be open a half-day at the weekend (TBA), and three days every week until sept 15 (TBA). PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST DATES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN POSTED AT THIS BLOG AS AVAILABLE - I DO NOT KEEP TRACK OF RANDOM REQUESTS

Activity picking up

We are starting to see more activity, just in time for the first visitors, with juveniles giving Fred a lot of work, and sometimes escaping his vigilance. Here's a video from yesterday (saturday) showing a juvie feeding at various types of salvia (all currently available at lihummingbirdplants.com)
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We are open sunday morning 10-12.30 july 23 - shoot me an email to reserve. Dates for next week will be announced shortly.