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Hello Birders,
 
Earlier this morning a very drenched, drowsy, droopy and HUNGRY male  
hummingbird arrived at my feeder in the Charlotte Park area of West Nashville,  
Davidson county.  He hunkered down on the feeder and sucked up sugar water  off 
and 
on for a good ten minutes.  Between sips, his head would wobble as  if he was 
drowsy, and he was almost laying on the feeder in a very droopy  fashion.  
Obviously, he was spent from his trip, and had either come  through heavy rain 
on the way or "taken a dip in the Cumberland River."  He  was a very wet little 
bird.  I had to leave for a moment, and when I came  back to the window, he 
was gone.  Fearing that he may have fallen off the  feeder, I checked 
underneath the feeder and in the grape vines below.  He  wasn't there.  A few 
moments 
later, he came back to feed some more.   Since then, other than a couple of 
times, he hasn't flown more than  five feet from the feeder where he perches on 
a 
little sprig of grape  vine.  He is drying out and looking better.  
Hopefully, he will feed  and get some rest here today before he takes off for 
another 
segment of his  migratory journey.  He IS almost tail-less, so may have had 
some problems  maneuvering.  I've had lots of hummers today, including a little 
immature  that just tried to find sugar in a red clothes pin that is on a 
hanger just  outside the door.  It realized its mistake and headed for the 
feeder 
where  it is now filling up.
 
I'll sure miss these little visitors when they leave, especially since they  
only come HERE about two months of the year.
 
Cheers & prayers,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN

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