Hand feeding Hummingbirds

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A hand fed Hummingbird video that is amazing. Taming the Alaskan hummingbird. These hummingbirds were filmed at our lodge in Alaska, no feeder required!

Our lodge in Alaska has TONS of these little birds in the summer. Did you know their hearbeat can be as high as 1200 beats ber minute! Mother nature is amazing!

These adorable hummingbirds eat right out of our hands here at the lodge. While setting up the cameras for some more handfeeding, these two little hummingbirds gave us "the shot". Though I love the hummingbirds in Alaska, The majority only arrive after migrating from Mexico, looking for feeders along the way. Sometimes I wish we lived somewhere where we could watch baby hummingbirds in their nests. Some of those videos are amazing!


NOTE: We don't use red dye anymore. We use 4:1 Water to sugar only.

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[TitaniumTrumpetier]

I've been attacked by a hummingbird for like 20 minutes at a swimming pool. Vicious little fucker.

[xxxlayxlowxxx]

The thumbnail made me believe they were feeding on human flesh... I feel lied to x_x

[Shane H]

From Wikipedia: Hummingbirds while in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings. Their heart rate can reach as high as 1,260 beats per minute. They also consume more than their own weight in nectar each day, and to do so they must visit hundreds of flowers daily. Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight.

[Saiyu Tenshi]

Pretty little creatures, aren't they? =3 That'd really be a fun day hold and feed those little birdies 

[DarkDanVGC]

oh that was nectar on his hand... 

[monkeyboy4746]

That is what drugs do.

[uwe2602]

Wonderful.

[mastroc4]

Just a side note, but the red food dye put in hummingbird feed is completely fine for hummingbirds to consume in any amount. I was hoping that you would know this but considering you are a random commenter on a youtube video, I'm not surprised. The More You Know!

[SomeOne247]

They are soo cute!!!!!!! And I had tears in my eyes...