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While plowing snow I ran into a buried tree stump and seriously bent the scraper blade on my tractor. The steel was cold and the bend was so fast it cracked the steel not to mention put a twist in the blade with a giant buckle in the steel. This requires finesse and brute coaxing to straighten the blade body, the hardened steel knife blade bolted onto the bottom which bent and broke, and take the twist out simultaneously. It takes a large rosebud from my oxy/acetylene torch that puts out about 150,000 BTU's and turns the metal cherry red and malleable. Applying the heat strategically will also allow the metal blade body and scraper to untwist as it straightens, just the opposite of how it initially bent and twisted. Heating the steel anneals or softens the steel Hammering it and hammering it and hammering it (which I don't show you much of) causes the molecules to tighten up and puts the strength back into it My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters CaptWingnut #welding #tractor #plow #blacksmith

12 months in 28 minutes Made out of PVC Pipes and they are tough. If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. I spent 1 year researching, planning, testing and pre-building, then I spend the next entire summer from late March through October building them. Watch and you'll see us in coats at first with bare dirt in the garden, then frost cloth covering the plants in the planter boxes, then shorts, then coats again at the end... The last scene is me sitting in one high tunnel installing the blower fan. It's cold and raining outside and 85°F inside, and it's freezing at night but the plants are still thriving. The garden went for 2 extra months in the new greenhouses before it got too cold for the plants at night. Even in the winter when it's been 5-10°F outside during the day, it's still making it up to 80°F as soon as the light hits the tunnels. Normally we would plant our garden about the first week in June, then it would be dead from the first frost before the 15th of September just 4 months later. Now we might get 7 or maybe even 8 months of growing with these wonderful structures. The cost was about $1,500 each but I also used a ton of scrap and junk stuff that I could find around the ranch. In the year of planning, I knew I would need a LOT of heavy wood to build these and Covid and the mandates and shutdowns had already driven the cost of lumber off the chart. So during the planning year, I designed and built a sawmill from scratch (see my building a sawmill video) and then while the price was still low, I got a load of logs trucked in so I could cut my own wood for all of my projects. Lots more projects coming. Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified when I release more videos of the things I do and build. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #hoophouse #hightunnel #greenhouse

After 2 months in storage the veggies are still Crisp and Fresh like just out of the garden. If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #storingcarrots #cellar #roots #foodstorage

Works for all tap root veggies Carrots, Beets, Turnips, Parsnips, Radishes, Rutabagas, Jicama, Daikon, Kohlrabi, Celeriac (also called celery root) If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. This video will show you how we store Beets, Carrots, Radishes, turnips, parsnips and other root veggies through the winter without them going soft and drying out and shriveling up. You’ll need a sealable container that can keep moisture in. Some say to leave the lid off or make holes for air, we do neither but we do open the containers about once a week for inspection. Make sure you keep the soil moist. If it dries out, it will dry the roots and they will wilt, shrivel and rot. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #storingcarrots #cellar #roots #foodstorage

No Fingers were harmed making this video Safe/Easy way to let your children help you peel carrots. If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. DETAILS This video shows you how to peel small and tiny carrots without loosing much carrot and without endangering your fingers. It works just as fast and easy for LARGE carrots too. The stainless steel pot scrubber is like hundreds of tiny very sharp peeling blades that are strong enough to take the peel off of root veggies but not firm enough to cut your fingers. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #peelingcarrots #carrot #carrots

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays for what ever occassion you may celebrate FROM all of us in front of the camera and behind the scenes at Cougar Ridge Ranch If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut

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Previously Recorded LIVE Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

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Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

Previously Recorded Live Feed - Hummingbirds on Cougar Ridge Ranch More Details @CougarRidgeRanch.com This feed goes live at first light & stops at last light. The best viewing time is at Dawn & Dusk when they are all drinking but they are at the feeders during all the daylight hours. We apologize that we can't give you any better quality resolution but this is as much bandwidth as we have in the mountains. Cougar Ridge Ranch is the summer breeding ground for 4 species of hummingbirds (listed below). Typically we have hundreds if not thousands of birds through the summer. We usually have to fill our 8 - 80oz feeders & 13 smaller feeders every day with 4-5 gallons of sugar water. Yes we typically go through 15-20 25lb bags of white sugar every summer just feeding hummingbirds. This year in late may the hummingbirds were here in record numbers, they were like a hive of bees swarming the feeders but then we had 5 nights that fell below 20°F & all of a sudden, after the 2nd night we noticed fewer and fewer birds. We found little dead hummingbirds all over the ground under trees & after the 5th night we only had as many as 10 birds feeding. All of our neighbors for miles around noticed the drop off in bird numbers. It was such a loss that we took down all but 3 of our big feeders. As the summer goes on, about the first to middle of July & August we should see the numbers increase as the baby birds fledge & leave the nests. Notice that all of the territorial males will leave the young hummingbirds alone on the feeders. They seem to sense the clumsy flying and perching skills. You'll also notice that they're much smaller than the adults for the first couple of weeks. About Mid August we will also see the population explode as the hummingbirds from much farther north begin arriving, already on their migration. They'll hang out & sip the swagga and rest up for their next leg south. By Labor Day 99% of the hummingbirds have left on their migration south (usually Aug 20-25). It's an all at once event & it happens just after dawn. If you're lucky enough to see it, it looks like a cloud of tiny birds leaving. There are stragglers that stay behind, some even until mid October, usually females with late hatches and small chicks. We seldom see any males after the mass exodus & then the area around the feeders is calm & pleasant with no males fighting. Just females and juveniles. We've had them hang around until the temps are getting close to freezing at night & then POOF! They're gone all at once too. They head south to Arizona, California and Mexico for the winter & the males will arrive again in April and the females will arrive in May. HUMMINGBIRDS ON THE RANCH ============= BLACK CHINNED [Archilochus alexandri] ============= A medium sized bird about 4" in length Males have a velvety black throat with a thin, iridescent purple gorget (throat) Females have a pale throat Both have dull metallic green on their flanks with dull metallic green above & dull grayish-white below. Males are extremely territorial & court females by swooping down from 65 to 100 feet then powering back up. When other males (or females) encroach in their territory they will dart side to side 3-4 feet making as much noise with their wings as possible. They will chase other hummingbirds even making contact collisions to make their point. ============= BROAD TAIL [Selasphorus platycercus](looks like Ruby Throated) ============= The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium sized bird about 4" in length. It is one of the seven species of Selasphorus including the Rufous and Calliope. Males have a ruby gorget (throat) and both male & female have iridescent green backs & crowns with white breasts. ============= RUFOUS [Selasphorus rufus] (very dominant RED birds) ============= The rufous hummingbird is a small bird about 8cm (3") long. They weight 2-5grams. They have a long slender and very straight bill. They are one of the feistiest of all the hummingbirds, probably because they arrive late in the territorial season and need to be dominant to get a place. Males have an iridescent rufous (very rusty red) face, back, flanks & tail with a white breast. Some rufous males have an iridescent green back &/or crown. Females have green backs & upper parts with some white showing. They have white breasts & some iridescent red/orange feathers on their throat. They have a dark tail with white tips & a red rufous base. They are incredible distance fliers known for flying 2,000 miles during migration. They usually arrive a few weeks late to their summer breeding grounds but with their feisty attitudes quickly take over feed sources. They are very territorial & willing to fight any bird that is on a feed source that they claim with hard airborne contact. ============= CALLIOPE [Selasphorus calliope] (the second smallest of all of the hummingbirds) ============= Males have white and bright red wine colored vertical striped throats Females have light dotted throat stripes

A quick 1 minute glimpse of extracting our mountain flora honey. I don't show the process of creaming the honey but at the end you'll see the tubs of creamed honey. YUMMMMMMM Got Honey! If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. Captain Wingnut

Make any non pressure treated wood waterproof and ready for exterior use. It will act like pressure treated wood. If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe by clicking this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. Treating Wood for Exterior Use In this video I'll show you how to inexpensively treat wood to make it waterproof and bug proof. We have posts that have been treated this way that have been in the ground for at least 100 years. Posts that my grandfather put in and that my dad put in are still standing. This will turn any wood it applied to BLACK and it will be PERMANENT. If you want golden brown wood that is not stained black by the carbon in the used oil, then use NEW motor oil. It will still protect the wood but will not stain it. We use new motor oil for many projects that we don’t want black wood… watch my video on building PVC High Tunnel greenhouses to see the wood that we treated and how natural it looks. This is a very responsible way of treating wood to keep it from prematurely rotting and a very good use of your used motor oil. You are not treating the dirt or pouring oil into the dirt, the oil is soaked into the pole and just like creosote power and telephone poles, it does not leach into the soil. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #wood #woodrestoration #fencepost #preservewood

Carrots, Beets, Radishes, Lettuce, Poppies, Mustard, Flax, Hemp, Pepita For Strawberries, I would use a small salt shaker, make sure you freeze the seeds first for at least 14 days in a baggie to keep moisture out, thaw them out to room temperature before opening the baggie to keep them dry. If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. DESCRIPTION Don't throw away your empty spice containers, you can use them to make your life easier for planting TINY seeds... Yeah, those tiny little seeds that you look at and say; HOW AM I GOING TO PLANT THESE? I'll show you in the video the easy way I have been using for many years because I got tired of making a row and trying to gently place these little fly egg size seeds in... I used to spend an hour planting a small 16sq-ft carrot patch... Now I spend 2 minutes and get as good as or even better results. To find out where I buy things visit our Website https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #tinyseeds #planting #plantingvegetables

Install honeybee packages & prepare them for extreme cold weather. Bonus Footage: While inspecting my latest Honeybee colony packages, I found 2 male bees (Drones) hitching a ride with the girls. I've never seen male drone bees come with new packages, albeit, they are around when the packages are being made so it only stands to reason that sometimes you could find them in with or straggling along on the outside. Male (drone) bees are a sign of a healthy hive but when they're no longer needed or when times get tough, the worker and nurse bees refuse to feed them and they die. In this video the nurse bees are feeding the drones through the screen covering. If you like the content that I create, please Subscribe with this link https://www.youtube.com/c/CougarRidgeRanch?sub_confirmation=1 Be sure to click the Bell Icon and you’ll be notified every time I release a new video. To find out where I buy Sibosen Smoker Pellets https://CougarRidgeRanch.com/where-to-buy-it/ My Social Links: facebook.com/CougarRidgeRanch twitter.com/BWardleCW instagram.com/CaptainWingnut As Always: This is what "I do", it's up to you to ALWAYS use your own research & more importantly...common sense. I welcome your comments & questions and I do my best to answer as many as I physically can If you decide to post a comment, be nice & post an educated, intelligent comment If YouTube doesn't, I may delete and mute/block any inappropriate, rude, mean, frivolous, unintelligent (stupid) or irrelevant posts or posters Captain Wingnut #honeybee #honeybees #beehive #beehives