Karen
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I have seen many hummingbirds in the places I've lived and visited, mostly near gardens or feeders. But the most enchanting sightings have been when I am backpacking, sitting at the top of a mountain pass, when suddenly I get investigated by a hummingbird! I have been in the Sierras, on top of Pinchot and Mather passes, and had hummingbirds close up, checking me out eye to eye. I recently was in the Bob Marshall Wilderness near the Chinese Wall, and a hummingbird visited our group of three while we were having dinner, flying right into the circle and looking at us each in turn. These were all such a surprise! Such odd behavior checking out the humans.
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I wonder if hummingbirds are especially vulnerable to predators when in torpor. I would worry about cats in particular. They are so beautiful! I love the incredible variety of shapes, sizes, feathers, and specializations with flowers.
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Great Horned Owls take house cats here in Alaska. Not safe to let house cats roam at night. I'm not really surprised, but I'm impressed that Snowy Owls can take ducks on the water, and the fishing owls are impressive too. Owls that can take monkeys are kind of intimidating!
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Everyone has great photos! I have seen a fair number of owls in the places I've lived and traveled. Most interesting was a Boreal Owl that took up residence on our deck for a few days. It chose to perch on the corner of the deck, and I guess it hunted from that vantage point, because every night it triggered the motion sensor light. The owl wasn't at all bothered by us observing at close range. Then a few summers ago, we had a family of Great Horned Owls hanging out in the neighborhood. They made the rounds of houses in about a 1/4 mile radius every day. The babies could fly, but were still begging meals from the parents, screeching at full lung capacity, a loud rasping screech, while they bowed down perched atop a power pole or a house ridge top. Must have been incredibly loud inside the houses! They used our power pole a number of times to sound off. They did this for a couple of weeks, then disappeared. Fairbanks, Alaska
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