[TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds

Last night Tracey and I also saw a hummer in our yard for the first
time this season.  For some reason, they never seem to nest anywhere
near our semi-rural home in south Blount County.  But they come by in
migration.

As we were sitting on the sofa, we simultaneously noticed a female or
young bird fly by to a begonia haning under our sunflower seed
platform.

Charlie

--- Tallentad@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I saw my first male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird of the  summer this
> morning. It 
> wasn't at my feeder, but was sitting at the bird  fountain and
> sipping water 
> from the top portion where the water first comes  out.
>  
> Actually, this hummer wasn't my first of the summer,  but was the
> first for 
> my backyard. I saw my first of the season from the balcony  of
> Pisgah Inn, N.C. 
> It was sipping from a variety of  wildflowers.
>  
> With these high temperatures and high humidity, I hope  everyone
> remembers to 
> clean and change the sugar water at least every three  days. It can
> go bad 
> quickly with this kind of heat.
>  
> Ann Tallent
> Blount County
> Maryville,  TN
> 


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Charlie Muise, Naturalist in
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"To the dull mind all nature is leaden.  To the illuminated mind 
the whole world sparkles with light."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson


                
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