[wisb] Ruby-throated Hummer - Pickett
- From: Swanson <elaineseverin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdnet <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:59:48 -0700 (PDT)
Late afternoon, I returned home from working in my prairie of thistles -
feeling tired and grumpy. As I entered the house, I looked through the front
window and was amazed to see a little hummer at my feeder. It had been 3 weeks
since my 2 remaining feeders had any visitors. I quickly mixed up a fresh
sugar solution - and dashed out to get my new feeder w/the higher perch already
stored for the season. The little bird appeared several more times for quick
sips. I imagined she was also visiting the petunias and asters for real
nectar. Sun was setting by the time I hung the new feeder where the old one
had been. Back she came, drinking from each port, now resting on the new
perch. Sugar water was still slightly warm - just what a nightcap should be.
I imagined how the simple act of mixing up a bit of sugar water might somehow
affect a tiny life force fluttering against all odds crossing hundreds of miles
over the Gulf of Mexico
to a warmer space in Central America. Will she be outside my window in the
morning? For now, I'm doing cartwheels inside - grumpiness gone.
Elaine Swanson
FDL County
rural Pickett
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