More Humming birds 9-9-15

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Originally Posted by jpeff31787

I heard that on Nat Geo about riding the geese. I'm sure most of you offshore guys see it pretty often, but I was offshore once and there were 100s of hummingbirds flying by! It was crazy! Found many dead on the decks unfortunately. I think it would be awesome if oil companies would put up feeders to help with migration

Many of our summertime songbirds cross the gulf twice a year and a lot of them don't make it and find the nearest structure to perch. When they leave to cross the gulf they dont know what is in front of them. They wait til dark and try to ride a tailwind across the gulf and hope its smooth sailing. If they are coming from the south and hit a strong north wind you can see them literally fall out of the sky when they reach land because they are so exhausted