azhuntnut Report post Posted July 24, 2007 Myself and the family were up in the Happy Jack area this weekend and got some pics from the Moqui tower and Mormon Lake. There were at least 300 elk out in the middle with 40 of them being bulls. I saw a couple that were pretty big. One in particular hard dark chocolate antlers. The hummingbirds were at the top of the tower. The orange ones only show up in Arizona around July and stay for a month. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamaro Report post Posted July 24, 2007 wow.. that is alot of elk.. j Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BRYCE CANYON Report post Posted July 24, 2007 That stinky herd of elk is neat but that orange hummer is awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron G. Report post Posted July 24, 2007 Neat pictures David. It was good to finally meet you this weekend. Any idea what plants the elk are eating out in the lake bed? I've heard that is what pulls them down there. Hmm, maybe a good plant to use for a food plot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted July 26, 2007 It was great meeting you also. Thanks again for the water valve tool. I didn't find any leaks the whole weekend. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilimanjaro Report post Posted July 26, 2007 That stinky herd of elk is neat but that orange hummer is awesome! Agreed!! He is an AWESOME looking little bird.. I've never seen one that looked like that.. thanks for sharing the pic!! I am a bird fanatic and love to see new and different species like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
257wby Report post Posted July 26, 2007 The brown colored one is called a rufous, we saw a ton of then on the north rim a couple years ago. Nice pictures. Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted July 26, 2007 The brown colored one is called a rufous, we saw a ton of then on the north rim a couple years ago. Nice pictures. Mike That is weird.....in Colorado last week I had that exact same humminbird stuck in my room ( door was open ) I caught him and showed Pops how purdy he was and let him go. Our buddy had told us it was a Rufous Humminbird as well. He had 4 feeders goin' and there would be an absolute SWARM of hummers around the kitchen window all day, looked and sounded like a swarm of bees.......I'm not jokin', never seen anything like it! The Rufous's were aggressive and didn't like to share with the other different species of hummers! Way cool pic's David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted August 3, 2007 Nice pics! Those rufous hummingbirds are beautiful! I have been seeing more and more of them lately. Had one flying around my backyard the other day so I just had to put up a feeder to keep him around and get some better looks at him. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatfootdoc Report post Posted August 3, 2007 We set up feeders every year and we get alot of the Rufous birds, they are aggressive, I went out one day wearing my St. Louis Cardinals Red and one came right up to my shirt and hovered there for about a minute 1 inch from my chest, was pretty cool. I have been dive bombed a few times, but just was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was hunting with my kids one Spring and we saw one land in its nest so we went over and looked and it was all made of spider web adn was about 2 inches across and 1 inch deep. Pretty cool little birds. I saw a ruby throated hummingbird up in the peaks one year near lockett meadow that was the prettiest I have seen. AG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
