The Baiting Hollow Hummingbird Sanctuary

Reminder: I'm now posting mostly at facebook.com/bhhummingbird. The Sanctuary is closed to the public.

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/09/4k-hummer-video.html

A blog that provides up-to-date visiting and other information about the world's leading (according to Google) hummingbird sanctuary, on high bluffs overlooking Long Island Sound, Riverhead, New York. We open, by appointment only, for selected dates in AUGUST ONLY. Information, directions, instructions are posted below. All photos taken at the sanctuary unless noted. Paul's Email: paul.adams%stonybrook.edu

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/05/fred.html

Arrived back at the sanctuary, and busy filming:

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/05/return-to-sanctuary.html

Century plants (Agave americana) are abundant on Eleuthera and when they flower (once in their lifetime, and usually after 30 not 100 years) they attract hummingbirds. The flower stalk is about ...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/04/hummers-and-century-plant.html

Sad news. This morning at 7.30 the chick was on the edge of the nest and I filmed the mother feeding him.  Then I filmed the chick: 10 minutes later I returned to the nest, but it was wrecked...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/04/great-lizard-cuckoo-eats-cassies-chick.html

When Cassie, the Bahama Woodstar mother hummingbird whose nest I'm monitoring, arrives to feed her young, she usually perches nearby before flying to the nest itself, on the look-out for potentia...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/03/perching-before-feeding.html

I'm calling the female Bahama Woodstar hummingbird that's nesting in a casuarina tree "Cassie". Her eggs have finally hatched and she's busy feeding the tiny babies (probably 2 of them).

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/03/eggs-hatched.html

Since Christmas I've been at our winter place "Calypso" on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, and have rather neglected this blog. I see hummingbirds here every day - the local variety known as th...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2019/03/hummers-in-bahamas.html

It froze at the sanctuary and a number of flowers are dead, but some are still hanging on, though I think the predicted Thanksgiving deep-freeze will finish them off. I'm planting more antique c...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/11/summer-hummer-close-up-climbing-roses.html

I thought this was my last hummer of the season (filmed oct 12) But then, after a long gap, this ruby-throat showed up on nov 4: I've not see it since but then I've not been much at the sanct...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/11/i-thought-this-was-my-last-hummer-of.html

I shot these clips on sunday october 7. The first one is in 4K and this one the day before

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/10/still-some-hummers.html

Lots of monarchs here at the moment:

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/10/monarch-madness.html

A blog that provides up-to-date visiting and other information about the world's leading (according to Google) hummingbird sanctuary, on high bluffs overlooking Long Island Sound, Riverhead, New York. We open, by appointment only, for selected dates in AUGUST ONLY. Information, directions, instructions are posted below. All photos taken at the sanctuary unless noted. Paul's Email: paul.adams%stonybrook.edu

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/09/posing-nicely.html

This hummer often perches near a feeder at the extreme northwest corner of the garden, overlooking Long Island Sound and the beach far below. I often live-stream this view (at https://www.youtu...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/09/shrimp-plant-perching-feeding.html

Here's a close-up view of a hummer feeding at canna flowers. The sanctuary is private and NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. However friends, old and new, are welcome to visit - but please by appo...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/09/hummer-canna-close-up-visiting.html

I've been mostly posting at Facebook, but here's a recent video at the sanctuary, with 2 hummers arguing over who gets the canna flowers. 

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/09/hummers-fighting-over-canna.html

Once again Daniel Hauben is painting at the sanctuary - here are a couple of the pastel canvases he's working on. We are also livestreaming Danny at work!

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/08/daniel-hauben-painting-at-sanctuary.html

A blog that provides up-to-date visiting and other information about the world's leading (according to Google) hummingbird sanctuary, on high bluffs overlooking Long Island Sound, Riverhead, New York. We open, by appointment only, for selected dates in AUGUST ONLY. Information, directions, instructions are posted below. All photos taken at the sanctuary unless noted. Paul's Email: paul.adams%stonybrook.edu

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/fred-close-up.html

Rain caused a problem somewhere far away on my phone line, and internet was down for 3 days. Here are a few recent vids.

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/internet-was-down-catching-up.html

The livestreams from the sanctuary are rather blurry, but this is mainly due to the digital zooming I'm forced to do because Fred's perch is 100 feet away from the camera, rather than due to my...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/fred-direct.html

I'm starting to see what I think are recently fledged hummingbirds visiting the sanctuary, sneaking in when Fred isn't around. In the first one, the newbie stays well hidden, in the second he v...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/young-hummers-starting-to-show.html

We live in an increasingly cacophonous world. Even here in Baiting Hollow, where the background noise level (in the absence of aircraft) is around 20 dB, quiet is rare, mainly because of aircraf...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/noise.html

I hope that some of you have been looking at the daily livestreams from the sanctuary at youtube.com/channel/UCvTj9WdD0zItyBLI6m-U9Og/live However, I'm sure you also have found these lives...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/why-is-livestream-blurry.html

Most evenings, well after sunset, Fred  joins me on the front deck overlooking the Sound, where the light hasn't yet completely faded, and feeds at the coral honeysuckle.

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/fred-after-sunset.html

I restarted livestreaming a few days ago with a new camera and vantage point. The above video shows yesterday's 8+ hour livestream, and if you jump to the time mark 1:12:35 (click on this timin...

http://bhhummer.blogspot.com/2018/07/cardinal-snaps-freds-perch.html