[Tweeters] Anna's Romancing in Sept/Oct

[Adam Sedgley]

The recent PBS special "Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air" featured a special
section on this "cheek" sound. Researchers using high-speed cameras found
that the chirp was the male splaying it's tail feathers at the end of the
dive (where they pull 10G's after diving at about 60 mph).

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/video-full-episode/5475/
(move
the cursor to 26:15 for the Anna's Hummingbird section, but the entire
episode is worth a watch)

Adam

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Adam Sedgley
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<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/video-full-episode/5475/>

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:15 AM, amy schillinger <schillingera at hotmail.com>wrote:


>  Tweeters, et. al,

>

>

> Just yesterday I heard that familiar "cheek" just outside my front door.

> When I looked, I saw a male Anna's dive right in front of me (and my Vine

> Maple). I looked in front of me and saw a female on a branch in the maple.

> He continued this for about 5 minutes and then landed on our chimney facing

> the sun. The colors on his head and gorget were spectacular! Definately not

> a juvenile, but a mature male. I watched a show (I don't remember which

> one-maybe PBS?) that did a study of Anna's doing this display dive and they

> discovered (or confirmed) that the sound IS made from their tail feathers

> just as they complete the dive.

>

> Amy Schillinger

> Renton, WA

> schillingera at hotmail.com

>

> ------------------------------

> From: enhunn323 at comcast.net

> To: rob.mcnairhuff at gmail.com; beachdee at hotmail.com

> Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Anna's Romancing in Sept/Oct

> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:42:19 -0700

> CC: tweeters at u.washington.edu

>

>

>  Tweets,

>

>

>

> Recently in my yard in Lake Forest Park I’ve been hearing the Anna’s flight

> display loud “cheek” note that always confuses me at first, as it sounds

> more like a chipmunk than a bird. I suspect this sound is produced by mature

> males only at the bottom of their dive, but I could be wrong.

>

>

>

> Gene Hunn

>

> Lake Forest Park, WA

>

> enhunn323 at comcast.net

>

>

>

> *From:* tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:

> tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Rob McNair-Huff

> *Sent:* Monday, October 04, 2010 11:10 PM

> *To:* Beach Dee

> *Cc:* TWEETERS

> *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] Anna's Romancing in Sept/Oct

>

>

>

> We are seeing this with Anna's in our yard in the North End of Tacoma the

> last couple of days too. We were wondering if it might just be juvenile

> birds practicing.

>

> Rob McNair-Huff

>

>

>

>

> On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Beach Dee <beachdee at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>  Just curious if others have been witnessing ANNA's HUMMERS doing their

> breeding display flights the past week or two.  Have read that their season

> is Dec to Apr, yet there's at least one pair that has been actively courting

> around/over our yard.  Is this normal in our area? Haven't been in our house

> here in Edmonds long enough to have some idea what "normal" is (as much as

> one can ever define it).  The female sits on the tip of the (usually)

> tallest branch of a large shrub and then the male really puts on a show.  I

> certainly do enjoy watching and hearing the little "zippers" much of the

> time I'm out in the garden.  Thanks for any input.

>

> Dee Warnock

> Edmonds, WA

> beachdee at hotmail.com

>

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Adam Sedgley
S e a t t l e, WA
sedge.thrasher [at] gmail [dot] com
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