Ah, sweet artificial nectar!
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Wonder what flavor this is.
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Hmm, it's really quite tasty.
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Okay buddy, don't even think about it!
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I can see all those guys from here.
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It's going to be quite a flight!
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I know that just any day my garden will fall suddenly quiet when my tiny twittering visitors return to their other home. Since early spring I have enjoyed the constant buzz and chatter among three tiny hummingbirds. Hummers arrive every spring and provide great joy for several months. Then in August they start “bulking up” for their long journey south. Of course they also expend lots of energy in their territorial guarding of favorite blooms and feeders. They have multiple expressions. Sometimes it seems as if the twittering is exclaiming “hey, here I am; look at me.” Other times it may be “get away from that feeder NOW, it’s mine.” Their aggressive flight and reckless maneuvers amaze and sometimes frighten those in their path. It’s been fun, but I know soon the garden will again be silent.
