又见蜂鸟(近距离拍摄)

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现在后院里混熟悉的小蜂鸟成了我的小宠物,每天起来第一件事是观察下它在不在。这小东西很聪明的,我前天早上一开门就发现它飞过来在我眼前转圈,我细观察才知道它意思是告诉我那糖水瓶快没水了:wdb26::wdb6::wdb32:

现在我可以在它面前随意地用IPAD近距离拍摄了:wdb32:


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小蜂鳥飲得糖水多會不會有糖尿病?

这糖水是它的能量补充,缺一不可。先前我还担心它只喝花蜜水怎么熬过冬天,直到前两天它在我面前炫耀飞舞时一只小飞虫飞 过,它一下子就将小飞虫就吃进肚里,那时我才知道它原来也吃小昆虫:wdb18::wdb17::wdb32:
 
我家后院也有一颗这样的大树,不过经常会有很大的蜂窝吊在上面,够都够不着,很吓人,后来刮风下雨就自己掉了。还有一次有只小黑猫跑进后院,被我家金毛追,吓得爬得高高的树上不敢下来,可怜巴巴地很久都不敢下来
 

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哇,好漂亮,我就没想起来要给小鸟们照张相,休息在家,什么都不想做,就喜欢坐在那里听小鸟们唱歌

我家后院也有一颗这样的大树,不过经常会有很大的蜂窝吊在上面,够都够不着,很吓人,后来刮风下雨就自己掉了。还有一次有只小黑猫跑进后院,被我家金毛追,吓得爬得高高的树上不敢下来,可怜巴巴地很久都不敢下来

秋冬季节只能逗逗鸟给自己找个乐趣:wdb27::wdb6:
 

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通过一段时间观察,发现常来我家后院活动的有4只蜂鸟,原来后院有一只瘦小的蜂鸟被一只较胖的给赶走取代了,现在后院那只每天都站在松树上观察来往的蜂鸟,一有外来蜂鸟出现就被赶走,为了不让其他蜂鸟挨饿,于是在前面书房窗口上有挂了2个蜂鸟瓶,这样冬天里路过的蜂鸟就可以有糖水喝了:wdb6::wdb32:


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许多蜂鸟有迁徙习惯,来我家的蜂鸟叫朱紅蜂鸟(Calypte anna ),它不迁徙一年四季可见它的踪影:wdb32:

详细信息请看下面的英文:


Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Anna’s hummingbirds lives along the west coast of North America, and is fairly common in California (the picture was taken in Palm Springs). They live in woods, gardens, and parks, pretty much anywhere they can get a ready supply of nectar. For hummingbirds, Anna’s hummingbirds are medium sized (which is tiny compared to most birds). They are about ten centimetres long, and are mostly grey/green, with males having a bright red head and neck.

Like most hummingbirds, Anna’s hummingbird feeds largely on nectar. This energy rich food source is critical to sustain the hummingbird’s ridiculously busy lifestyle (hummingbirds have to beat their wings 12-80 times per second to hover). Hummingbirds hover in front of flowers and stick their their tongue into them, extracting the nectar. Unfortunately for Anna’s hummingbird, nectar is pretty much just sugar water, so they need to eat some other things to get the protein and nutrients they need. They often eat small insects, opening their long beaks wide to scoop them up mid-flight. They also eat tree sap, sticking their silly long beak into tree holes to extract it.

The main nutritional problem that a hummingbird faces is getting enough energy. They are so active that they constantly need nectar to keep themselves going. At night, this becomes difficult because the bird can’t really see and locate flowers. The hummingbird’s solution is to enter a state of torpor at night. Torpor is basically a shorter and less severe version of hibernation. The hummingbird slows down its basal metabolic rate to consume less energy, and wakes up once the sun has warmed its body in the morning.

Anna’s hummingbirds are sexually dimorphic, with males sporting a bright red iridescent crown on their heads. Each hummingbird has their own territory which they defend vigorously from any invaders. Once the breeding season starts, females enter a male’s territory, and he performs a courtship ritual consisting of a multitude of dives. The female lays her eggs in a nest she build out of spider silk, plants, feathers and hair. She lays 2 eggs, which hatch in two weeks. The mother provides all parental care in Anna’s hummingbird; presumably after he does his business with her he flies off in search of another lucky lady.

Hummingbirds are really neat little birds; they’re so fun to watch flitting from one flower to another. I was proud to be a hummingbird in elementary school, and my fascination with the animal has not waned.
 

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