Wildkrats Team Visits Green Hills
Visitors to the Green Hills Butterfly Ranch are welcome to extend their stay for some on-site hummingbird watching!
January 2012: Martin Kratt and Chriss Kratt from the PBS series "Wildkratts" (http://www.pbskidsgo.org) visit Green Hills. The principal purpose was to film hummingbirds for one of their 2012 episodes. |
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Martin and Chris did not come for the Butterflies, no, Green Hills is also becoming known for the hummingbirds. Two feeders positioned near the visitors centre, attract a large number of hummingbirds. Untill now we have observed 13 different Hummingbird species (although not all do visit the feeders) and the species below are the most commonly observed: |
![Long-billed Hermit](images/Birding/Lon_bil_Her_0466.jpg) |
![Ruby-throated Hummingbird](images/Birding/Rub_Hum_0453.jpg) |
![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird](images/Birding/Ruf_tai_Hum_1334.jpg) |
Long-billed Hermit |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
![Scaly-breasted Hummingbird](images/Birding/Sca_bre_Hum_0059.jpg) |
![Green-breasted Mango female](images/Birding/Green-breasted_mango_3901.jpg) |
![Green-breasted Mango male](images/Birding/Gre_bre_Man_1398.jpg) |
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird |
Green-breasted Mango female |
Green-breasted Mango male |
![White-necked Jacobin](images/Birding/Whi_nec_Jac_1340c2.jpg) |
![White-necked Jacobin](images/Birding/Whi_nec_Jac_1320c.jpg) |
![White-bellied Emerald](images/Birding/Whi_bel_Eme_2591.jpg) |
White-necked Jacobin |
White-necked Jacobin |
White-bellied Emerald |
![Wedge-tailed Sabrewing](images/Birding/Wed_tai_Sab_1385.jpg) |
![Violet Sabrewing](images/Birding/Vio_Sab_1300.jpg) |
![Violet Sabrewing](images/Birding/Vio_Sab_1226.jpg) |
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing |
Violet Sabrewing |
Violet Sabrewing |
Also see the YouTube movies:
Hummingbirds1; Hummingbirds 2; Hummingbirds 3 and Hummingbirds 4
All pictures taken by Jan Meerman at Green Hills