Uploaded July 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this installment we see several colorful summer species, including a male Allen's and a male Black-Chinned, showing off his difficult-to-video purple neckband. These birds migrate into the area (Santa Clarita, California) in April/May where they nest and breed over the summer. As temperatures rise, natural nectar sources become more scarce and the hummingbird feeders become eagerly sought-after resources.
Oddly, many feeders sit idle most of the time as these aggressive little birds vigorously hoard the feeders and spend more time chasing away other birds than feeding! "Why can't we all just... get along?" (Jack Nicholson, Mars Attacks) :-)
The soundtrack is "Oberion" from the "Silicon Landscape" CD by Technician (yours truly), album and single track available on iTunes at itunes.apple.com/us/album/silicon-landscape/id808439369 and CDBaby: store.cdbaby.com/cd/technician13 Full artist discography, CDs, and MP3 downloads available at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com
Note that the weird wing bending and alternating wing strokes "swimming" flight is an illusion created by the rolling shutter and CMOS sensor scan rate used by this camcorder model. In reality, the wings really do flap in parallel as one would expect, which can be seen in the later sequels to this show: Slow Motion Hummingbirds 5 through 9
5: youtube.com/watch?v=y0ebGWce4FY
6: youtube.com/watch?v=ek6FzjS7WGk
7: youtube.com/watch?v=E6n92WeWDtE
8: youtube.com/watch?v=qzLXYLXPkoE
9: youtube.com/watch?v=Cly6Y69WOYk
Happy birding! :-)
Note: The audio and video material contained herein is copyright 2019 JCM Digital Imaging and can be licensed for commercial/monetized use at our website, HTTP://JCMDI.COM. You may also download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos, school projects, etc. The full free usage policy and YouTube copyright notice/ad info can be found here (please read before using JCMDI material): jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#freeusage jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#partner
In this installment we see several colorful summer species, including a male Allen's and a male Black-Chinned, showing off his difficult-to-video purple neckband. These birds migrate into the area (Santa Clarita, California) in April/May where they nest and breed over the summer. As temperatures rise, natural nectar sources become more scarce and the hummingbird feeders become eagerly sought-after resources.
Oddly, many feeders sit idle most of the time as these aggressive little birds vigorously hoard the feeders and spend more time chasing away other birds than feeding! "Why can't we all just... get along?" (Jack Nicholson, Mars Attacks) :-)
The soundtrack is "Oberion" from the "Silicon Landscape" CD by Technician (yours truly), album and single track available on iTunes at itunes.apple.com/us/album/silicon-landscape/id808439369 and CDBaby: store.cdbaby.com/cd/technician13 Full artist discography, CDs, and MP3 downloads available at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com
Note that the weird wing bending and alternating wing strokes "swimming" flight is an illusion created by the rolling shutter and CMOS sensor scan rate used by this camcorder model. In reality, the wings really do flap in parallel as one would expect, which can be seen in the later sequels to this show: Slow Motion Hummingbirds 5 through 9
5: youtube.com/watch?v=y0ebGWce4FY
6: youtube.com/watch?v=ek6FzjS7WGk
7: youtube.com/watch?v=E6n92WeWDtE
8: youtube.com/watch?v=qzLXYLXPkoE
9: youtube.com/watch?v=Cly6Y69WOYk
Happy birding! :-)
Note: The audio and video material contained herein is copyright 2019 JCM Digital Imaging and can be licensed for commercial/monetized use at our website, HTTP://JCMDI.COM. You may also download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos, school projects, etc. The full free usage policy and YouTube copyright notice/ad info can be found here (please read before using JCMDI material): jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#freeusage jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#partner
