Yesterday morning I noticed that my 9 hummingbird feeders ALL needed a cleaning and refill, so I took them all down, scrubbed them, cleaned them, and refilled them with sugar water. While I was taking one out to the back yard, the female hummingbird who seems to like to stay in our yard all summer came up to the feeder as I was holding it and took several LONG drinks. She cautiously eyed me, but didn't fly away, content to get a nice, fresh, nourishing breakfast! And, I got a nice look at her. What an experience!
I'm sitting here now at my desk and 2 verdin are in the acacia tree right outside the window. I bought a thistle seed sock at WalMart and yup! There they go...right to the thistle seed! I'll have to stock up on it. They are making the little sounds I heard yesterday morning, I guess, because I hear it again today. And, the other one is answering back. It is a male and female. The male has a LOT of yellow on him!!!
I'm going to meet a friend at the Rancho Mirage library this morning. They have an Aspen Mills little cafe there where one can buy coffee, bread, or GINORMOUS chocolate chip cookies! I like to take the 6 year old there, but her mother said "NO MORE SUGAR!", so we definitely won't be going there for cookies!
Oh, wait...there is ANOTHER bird with yellow here this morning...he is in one of the feeders and I can't really see him, but I saw his yellow underbelly! MORE VISITORS are returning to the desert! YAY!
I listened to the crows go to sleep last night and they were calling until about 10 p.m. I was reading one of the Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child agent Pendergast novels (Still Life with Crows) and I couldn't put it down, but my eyes got heavy...FINALLY!
Until next time!
Cheryl
1 comment:
I loved reading your post Cheryl Ann. It was so clear in my mind's eye I could see your hummingbirds. You certainly seem to get a lot of sweet visitors to your garden :)
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