[va-bird] Re: alexandria hummingbird!

Renee,

My 12 hummer feeders have been up and ready for weeks
in Arlington, with no sighting yet.

Maybe the one your boyfriend saw will find her way to
my yard -- here's hoping!

Haji Warf
N. Arlington, VA

--- Renee Grebe <grebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 9am - here I am rushing to get out of the house to
> start my weekend trip up to 
> the Hudson Valley - the rain is making the thought
> of driving daunting, I'm not 
> even packed yet, and the hummingbird feeder has to
> be changed before I leave!
> 
> Just as I'm ready to walk outside to re-fill the
> feeder, my boyfriend returns 
> from the metro - not only is traffic at a virtual
> standstill, there was no 
> parking at the metro.  (Great, I can't wait to drive
> up 95!)
> 
> He follows me out while I go to the feeder.  I take
> it down, start unscrewing 
> the lid when he exclaims (and wide-eyed I might add)
> - "DID YOU SEE THAT!?"  Of 
> course, I didn't - I had my head burried at the
> feeder on the table!
> 
> He claims that, in fact, a bright green hummingbird
> flew RIGHT to where the 
> feeder had been, took one look at us, an one look at
> the empty hook and flew 
> away again!
> 
> So, that's my first "sighting" of a hummingbird here
> in Alexandria!
> -Renee Grebe
>  Alexandria, VA
> 
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