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I enjoy the return of my hummingbirds every spring. They are amazing tiny creatures that zoom by at mach speed or will fly right up to your face and check you out. They are curious little things too. When I was holding the feeder the other day, one poked at my fingernail. I guess he had never seen a fingernail. It wasn't because it was a pretty color like a flower, because I don't paint my fingernails. Then one evening, I noticed one that had flown really low to the ground and hovered above an object in my yard. I got down to see what it was-and it was a tree frog!
I thought it was funny that a hummingbird would notice a frog.
Now I am ready for them to go home-back to South America. Every day, I must rush home to fill up the empty feeders and make 16 more cups of sugar water. If you don't fill up the feeders, they come to my kitchen window and look in, as if to say-"Hey! We are on empty out here!" They swarm the feeders like a bunch of mad bees. I can fill up the feeder and hold it out and they will fly right up and sit and drink, while the others zoom in and out, around your arms and head. It is quite astonishing the maneuvers these little birds can perform.
Sometimes, they accidentally fly into my garage-they are hard to catch, but then you get the joy of holding it for a brief moment before it zooms out of your hands.
They put on a show every day and are fun to watch.
I enjoy the return of my hummingbirds every spring. They are amazing tiny creatures that zoom by at mach speed or will fly right up to your face and check you out. They are curious little things too. When I was holding the feeder the other day, one poked at my fingernail. I guess he had never seen a fingernail. It wasn't because it was a pretty color like a flower, because I don't paint my fingernails. Then one evening, I noticed one that had flown really low to the ground and hovered above an object in my yard. I got down to see what it was-and it was a tree frog!
I thought it was funny that a hummingbird would notice a frog.
Now I am ready for them to go home-back to South America. Every day, I must rush home to fill up the empty feeders and make 16 more cups of sugar water. If you don't fill up the feeders, they come to my kitchen window and look in, as if to say-"Hey! We are on empty out here!" They swarm the feeders like a bunch of mad bees. I can fill up the feeder and hold it out and they will fly right up and sit and drink, while the others zoom in and out, around your arms and head. It is quite astonishing the maneuvers these little birds can perform.
Sometimes, they accidentally fly into my garage-they are hard to catch, but then you get the joy of holding it for a brief moment before it zooms out of your hands.
They put on a show every day and are fun to watch.
1 comment:
RL, you're pictures are gorgeous. I live in downtown Nashville and every once in a while get nostalgic for my parents' farm... (but they get wild turkeys, no hummingbirds)
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