This Hummingbird Lives in Extreme Conditions
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- We traveled to 15,000 feet in the high Andes to find the Olivaceous Thornbill hummingbird. This bird is one of the highest altitude hummingbirds in existence and conserves energy by feeding and spending much time on the ground feeding on tiny flowers. The Olivaceous Thornbill is adapted to living in very bleak conditions. I would never have believed we would find a hummingbird happy to be up here!
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Hooray Carole!!! You found it! So Beautiful!!!! You are our hero 💞💞💞💞💞💞
This one wasn't easy. I am so happy I don't have to go up there again! My oxygen saturation doesn't like being in the 60's.
Congratulations Carole, that is an incredible hummingbird to live in an environment like that. I am so happy you got good photos of the male and female,!! Happy Days!
Fascinating! I am at a mere 7,000 feet and have seen our black-chinned and broad-tailed buddies in the higher mountains in the region. And I even caught a quick photo of one dining at my snow-covered feeders after a surprise storm in mid-May (snow melted by noon). But what a treat to learn about the tenacious Olivaceous Thornbills! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
I love hummingbirds the are truly fascinating and a awesome gift from God
What an amazing little bird! Wow, what extreme conditions! I love your trunphant smile in such conditions and those beautiful aerial views. Congratulations 🎉 👏 on such a special video!
Thank you Carol😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤
Love how your looking at photos in the bus of hummers going to take footage of more hummers 🤣🤣n that one is a trickster just plain brownish then bam ! Fooled u gorgous rainbow gorget. Wish we had snow hummies TY for sharing 😍
Oh how beautiful, thank you Carol. ❤️
It amazes me how some these miracles can live in such sparse and harsh conditions. They were created tiny, but resilient too!
Thanks for your dedication. The place you went to is a real adventure. Anyway, thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Thank you for all you have done documenting, photographing, and streaming these fascinating birds! They are true marvels of biology.
I love this one. So plain yet beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
It's so cute seeing them on the ground! A lot of people are unaware hummingbirds are even capable of walking, but they are. I know you have video of one, and I've seen at least one do it here on our deck railing. It's like the claim they can't open their beaks like normal birds, which is equally incorrect.
Wonders Full. I had no idea that they did that, if the flowers were r willing to grow, the birds will come. Great video, TY so much ...
WOW !! What an awesome bird to find, even if he's not the most colorful.
Great job Carole to keep at it till you found him. And great job to the guides to know where to look. So surprising to see little flowers and hummingbirds in such a cold environment. So interesting as usual, thanks!🙂
I so appreciate you for your persistence and your positive, Carole! Smiles, indeed, and applause! Loved it when the female flew!
Looks cold but satisfying!
That is so amazing! Congratulations.
Wow, what an interesting hummingbird, Carole! I love your shot of the male and his colorful gorget and such great video. Thank you, so much!
I don't know how you breathe at that altitude and it looked so cold. You're a determined woman and we all benefit from that. Such a pretty little bird.
Amazing photos, great work!
That’s amazing this bird survives in those temps! I would never be able to spot this hummer! Very interesting! Thank you Carole for perseverance! You are amazing!
Thanks for taking time and efforts to consider that detail of Peru.
You definitely went to new heights for this one! Any idea how cold it was up there?😨
I can't believe how tiny, and I'm guessing sparse those littlecred flowers are. Keeps them busy and yes...humming lol
I'm so happy that you were successful in your venture!!
Thank you Carole, for another great video.
Estar segura y bien❤️
I have no idea of the temperature, but it was COLD!
@@HummingbirdSpot You have remarkable endurance.
Can we transplant some of these up to Maine please!?!?! 😆
They would stay there all winter!
@@HummingbirdSpot my lady and I would be in love!!
We had 12 feeders out this year, we had at least 10 plus ruby-throated hummingbirds visiting us daily at our house, I believe the 2 ladies had 2 batches of 2 baby's,we are so very excited for the return next spring!!!
Hooray - #215! Slowly chipping away at the list of hummingbirds to be photographed and videoed. Other than the beautiful iridescent gorget on the male, this is kind of a drab little bird. 15,000 feet and in the snow! I hope you didn't have any trouble breathing at that altitude?
My sat up there is in the mid 60's, but oddly enough I don't have trouble breathing. Walking uphill is very hard. I can feel that my quads aren't getting enough oxygen to work properly! I don't worry about the sat. You don't start losing brain cells until the mid 50's, haha.
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Hi i have a question. how do the insects get into the bottles in your livestream ? please fix it so they don't have to die. thank you very much it's a nice stream
How would that be possible and have the hummingbirds still able to access the food? They're going to get in one way or another. I get earwigs in mine through holes that I cannot comprehend how they managed to fit through.
Those insects are stingless wasps and unfortunately they are small enough to get inside.
Helpful video!!! Wow, you need to research Promo*SM!