Photos Up! A few years ago, I received an email with photos depicting a woman hand-feeding hummingbirds. These photos went around the world via email, with no photo credit given. Today I received the same photos via email. After a bit of internet sleuthing, I found the origins of the photos! They've been authenticated by two "Urban Legends" websites. Enjoy these beautiful photos by Sam Alfano of his wife Abigail and their hummingbird visitors in their backyard in Pine, Louisiana.

Date:   11/5/2010 5:06:10 PM ( 14 y ago)

Original email received:

"This is something I have never seen before, nor ever even heard of. This lady lives in a Hummingbird fly zone. As they migrated, about 20 of them were in her yard. Just for a lark, she took the little red dish and filled it with sugar water and these are the results."

"Abigail feeding hummingbirds in her jammies at 8:am"

All photos by Sam Alfano, copyright 2006 photos from: http://www.abigailsings.com/hummingbirds/  

From the website:

"On September 14, 2006 my wife Abigail decided she'd like to 'touch' one of the 20 or 30 hummingbirds that were swarming around our feeder at the peak of their migration. With patience and determination she accomplished her goal. I am her husband Sam, and I shot the photos of her hand-feeding hummingbirds in our yard here in near Franklinton, Louisiana.

On September 20thThe Era Leader newspaper published the photos on the front page. We then emailed them to a few of our friends and had no idea they would quickly be forwarded around the world. Many of our friends have called or emailed us saying they were forwarded photos of a lady feeding hummingbirds, and it was Abigail! Had I known the photos would spread like wildfire, I would have put our names on them."

The two "Urban Legends" websites authenticating these photos: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_handfed_hummingbirds.htm   http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hummingbirds.asp

To read how Abigail Alfano got the hummingbirds to feed from her hands, go the Alfano's website Hand Feeding Hummingbirds for more information:  http://www.abigailsings.com/hummingbirds/

More blogs related to hummingbirds:

Hummingbird Medicine: http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1661690  

photo of newly laid hummingbird eggs from my back yard: http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1441561  

photos of new hatchling and 10 day old hummingbird babies from my back yard: http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1451064  

Hummingbird Totem: http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1150361

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