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Anonymous
Does /an/ know anything about hummingbirds?

My grandmother past away last year. Instead of burial, she chose to be cremated and have her ashes scattered over the ocean, so her funeral was held on a small charter boat several miles out on the ocean (you could still slightly make out land from where we were). During the ceremony as we talked about her, a hummingbird flew up, buzzed around us for about half a minute, then darted off back to shore. My grandmother always loved hummingbirds. She would always fill their feeders with sugar water and enjoy watching them in her garden.

It's been driving me crazy, /an/! Do or have hummingbirds been known to fly out over the ocean?
>> Anonymous
That's an interesting question. Also, I think it's a wonderful thing that it came by at that specific time.

Unfortunetly, I do not have the answer to your question. Try doing some research on hummingbirds over at google. You should be able to come up with something.

If anything, you should be able to find a hummingbird forum where you can post your question.
>> Anonymous
Highly unlikely. They use up so much energy flapping their wings and it somehow limits them close to a food or energy source. Theyd really have no place above or near the ocean.
>> Anonymous
>>222208
what ocean were you in? you might want to check migration routes to see if you were within any (i don't know if hummingbirds fly over the ocean at all or if they take a longer land-only route).

it's also possible that it was resting on the boat somewhere and you only saw it after it was disturbed. overnight hummingbirds go into torpor (similar to hibernation) because otherwise they couldn't survive that long without food. it might have taken a lot to wake it up.