Comments on: A Trick Of The Light http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/07/15/a-trick-of-the-light/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: bhancey http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/07/15/a-trick-of-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-18239 bhancey Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:23:55 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=53880#comment-18239 Beautiful photo! Thanks for sharing.
We see these little birds at our feeders during much of the year. We have lately noticed that many of them seem to develop some sort of neurological issue – they have involuntary twitches which get worse, and then they die. I guess it could be a result of pesticides from the orchards, but it has gotten worse during the past couple of years, and it seems to affect Costa’s HBs more than the other species we also have in our area. Any ideas?
We’d hate to lose these beautiful hummingbirds from our yard. They often sit nearby and “chatter” at us when we are on the patio.

]]> By: Rob Protz http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/07/15/a-trick-of-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-18237 Rob Protz Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:47:13 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=53880#comment-18237 What a way to make my Sunday, Kate! :)

Beautiful Costa’s!

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