Wow. We are having the best weather here in the South Bay Area. It is June and I have my windows open! Usually it is too hot and we have everything shut up until it cools down. At about 8:30 or 9:00 pm we open the house and try to let it cool down. We keep the windows open for as long as we can hoping that will help keep it cool for the next day’s heat. But we have not been having heat! YAY! So excited. So loving it. The other day when I got up, I was enjoying the hummingbirds around the feeders. There was four to five of them. When I got home from teaching Nia and yoga, I noticed the feeders were empty, so I texted my hubby asking him if he would make food that night. He is the expert hummingbird food maker. That is his job. I made sure they were cleaned out so all he had to do was “cook” and fill the feeders. And, today, I was able to enjoy the fruits of his labor. With the weather being so awesome, I had the doors open so I could hear their chittering. I can also hear the buzz of their wings. So awesome. I love it.
I was watching them fly all around and I was able to take this video. As I often say when I take pictures or videos – and it sounds lame, but hey, that is the way it is – I couldn’t see what I was shooting. The sun was very bright and I was at an odd angle – half in, half out of the house. I was trying not to disturb the birds. I THOUGHT I was capturing two birds on the feeder. I also was fascinated by the crazy one that is off in the distance. See him? He was flying around as if he were drunk. It was so funny. When I looked at the video I was so surprised to see FOUR on the feeder. I mean, that happens, that is why I wanted to be sure to fill the feeders again right away. But I didn’t even see them, when I was recording. That portion of the feeder was out of sight. Basically only my arms were sticking out of the house trying to capture the birds eating.
I could sit there all day and take pictures and make recordings, but . . . I do have other things to do.
I have not been able to get a good picture of an oriole yet. They are very shy and fly away the moment I move towards the door or window. I hope to have all summer long to try to get a good photo.
I love our hummingbirds – oh, except the on that was getting back at me for walking by him. I was outside, there was a bird on the feeder. I didn’t want to wait for him to finish so I squeezed by as close to our yard furniture as I could . . . giving him as wide of a berth as I could. He flew off the feeder. I turned around to and said, “Sorry about that.” And he flew up and then flew straight at me! Bugger!
They are so entertaining.
As a note . . . there is no added coloring to the water, it is that color because of the sugar. You can read about that in my post Another Case Where Less Might Be More.
Do you have hummingbirds? Do you have other birds?
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