Sunday, August 08, 2010

Summer Visitors


When my in-laws were here in July, they noticed a little nest in the lilac bush at the side of the Little Yellow House, next door. Turns out, it was a hummingbird nest, and so the boys and I have been checking in on it every day or so, to see how the babes were faring. Luckily, the lilac bush is right outside one of the bedroom windows, so rather than go outside and disturb the nest, I thought I would quietly lift the window and snap away. I was sooooo quiet about it, but Mama Hummingbird heard me, and appeared out of nowhere, chirping madly and dive-bombing my head. I did manage to snap this picture, though. If you look right to the center of the picture, you'll see the tiniest nest, with two little hummingbird heads sticking out of it. They are the cutest little things ever, and boy is their Mama protective. After the dive-bombing incident, I've decided to leave the poor things alone, and we'll go on from here, just looking through the window to check in on them.

6 comments:

Roberta said...

That's cool! I was just thinking about your owl this morning. Any sightings of him this summer?

Heather said...

No...no owl sightings this year, although we have found 3 owl pellets under the blue spruce, so he's paid a visit or two. Really wish he'd come back and stay in our tree!

Roberta said...

Happy 13th birthday, Riley James!

Heather said...

Woof! Woof-woof-woof, woof-woof!" (translation: Nana! You remembered! See you soon!)

Anonymous said...

Nice...we have two feeders on our porch. They frequent them. On St. Croix we had loads of them and when I would water plants they would show up for a shower and a drink. Love 'em

Roberta said...

If you "click" on the photo, it will enlarge, and you can see the babies clearly.

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