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DuckMeRunnin member Reged: 12/17/05 Posts: 2739 Loc: Missouri I Had No Idea ................       07/11/18 06:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   A little while ago, I was walking toward the garden. I was still in the shade and about to enter the sunlit area. I saw a few swarms of gnat size bugs, and a young hummingbird appeared and hovered near them. It proceeded to pluck them out of the air like an old lady would pick blackberries. It would eat several, fly to a limb, wipe its beak, and go back for more. I watched this from about twenty feet and got a first hand look. I had no idea they did this, but it makes sense. They have to get in shape to migrate, and a strictly nectar diet ain't cuttin' it. It was cool as hell to see, so spare me the flying old lady comments. Post Extras

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