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Happy Hummers

24 Wednesday Jul 2013

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052 copyWe were treated to a dozen or so hummingbirds at our feeders last night – but they wouldn’t all pose for me at the same time! Nothing like in ’07 when we had around fifty and were refilling feeders three times a day. The deck buzzed with their activity. Such fun to watch. Mischievous little things. 🙂

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No Rest for New Parents

17 Wednesday Jul 2013

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Baby tree swallow #1. It appears that he has two siblings. They aren’t ready to meet the world yet but it shouldn’t be too much longer. The parents are definitely kept busy bringing home the insects! Yuk! It takes thousands of prey per day to feed the babies. (Aren’t we glad our little ones just need milk!) They also are still working hard to keep them warm. The temperatures here have been cooler than usual so it increases their workload. Never a minute’s rest for parents of new babies. 🙂

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Lilacs, Peonies, and Butterflies

12 Friday Jul 2013

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IMG_2794A garden filled with wonderfully fragrant flowers (especially my white peonies) sweet little hummingbirds, and beautiful butterflies flitting about – nice!

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Babies

02 Tuesday Jul 2013

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017We seem to have tree swallow babies – don’t want to check yet and upset them. Momma and Daddy bird keep very busy now with a constant “changing of the guard” as one or the other gathers insects for the little ones. One will fly out of the birdhouse and the other enter faster than I can take a picture.

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Honey, Will You Hurry Up?

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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013My husband, Bob, mentioned that I was remiss in not mentioning that the male acts as sentinel during the egg laying process. He perches for endless amounts of time on a nearby feeder while the female tends to her business inside the bird house. The papa bird looks like a man sitting in the car waiting while his wife shops… the difference being that a man will probably be reading a book while the bird is constantly monitoring the goings-on around them.

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We’re Expecting!

14 Friday Jun 2013

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042Before we moved here we lived in Evanston, Wyoming, and there were two large trees in our front yard. Often, when I went out the front door to go to work, their music would stop me in my tracks! It truly started my day off right to stand there for a few minutes listening to them (and trying to find them – which I usually couldn’t). I don’t know much about birds except that I like them.
My husband, Bob, put a little birdhouse just off our back deck here. A couple soon decided to make it their home. We’re not sure what kind of birds they are, but from checking on the internet they look like a tree swallow or a bluebird thrush. So sweet. There are now several eggs in the nest. They seem to lay one, then nothing for a few days, then another one shows up.
Don’t let the open front worry you. It has a door that we can lift to the side briefly for viewing. We’ll keep you posted on our little family.

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