I've been so, so busy. First there were house repairs, then the difficult once-every-5-years purge of documents, books, and other unwanted/unneeded stuff from around the house. As I've been retired for 5 years, I was finally able to let go of all the remnants of my working life. Here are some pictures from last year about this time: a #hummingbird , a black #swallowtail#butterfly, a #downywoodpecker feeding her fledgling, and a blue dasher #dragonfly. #birds#birding#nature#photography
Finally added a header to my #mastodon profile. Loved this #hummingbird#mural in Kingman, AZ, along #route66. Visited spring break 2021. Anyone know the artist?
In one post, share a moment that made you smile today.
Mine was when my dog Dax came up to me after he ate to remind me that I needed to pat his Dobbie head. He started doing this a few months ago and I have no idea why. Not that I mind. It's cute. All he wants is a few scritches and scratches and he's happy.
@Mrfunkedude last #hummingbird of the day didn't perch but drank a lot from the newly cleaned and refilled feeder. After a good long uninterrupted drink he headed off presumably to where he roosts and I headed in.
Ruby-throated #hummingbird at our feeder from a couple of weeks ago. There’s still a few around but I think most of the spring migration wave has already passed through here.
Every once in a while, I get a visit from a hummingbird, it looks at me and laughs and then it leaves. 😞 I've tried all kinds of things, and nothing seems to keep them around. I think they're just migrating and passing through for a visit.
#PSA: This #hummingbird will die because she can no longer feed due to fungal spores that have germinated on her tongue or in her gullet.
If you have feeders, 𝙋𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀 𝙐𝙎𝙀 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙎𝙐𝙂𝘼𝙍 in your mixture of 1 part sugar to 4 parts water, which is most similar to actual flower nectar.
Change the sugar water mixture every couple of days, especially when it’s hot out.
Returning to an old birdsite tradition: the latest visitors to our bird bath.
Here’s this morning’s Steller’s Jay. (These crested beauties are sometimes misidentified by nonbirdnerds as Blue Jays, but those have white stripes in their head and they don’t usually appear west of the Rockies.)
I’ve often seen hummingbirds get their bath as they hover in the spray of a lawn sprinkler. Today at the tub, a hummer benefitted from a towhee’s splashes.