Ho-Hum
I permanently borrowed a hummingbird feeder from my parents. They used to have a feeder up in the tree right outside their kitchen, but it attracted bees. Mom's allergic to bee stings, so down the hummingbird feeder came and had been collecting dust for years, until now. I cooked up some hummingbird nectar a few weeks ago and hung the whole kit & caboodle on the trellis attached to my garage, for lack of a better place to hang, because after all, my yard doesn't have any @$#%ing trees, which really bothers me, in case you didn't know. Anyway, I thought it was pointless, that the hummingbirds would never come, that they wouldn't want to eat from a feeder six inches away from a wall, etc.
But this morning, I saw TWO HUMMINGBIRDS! They perched for a few minutes on one of the wires hanging oh-so-attractively across my backyard, then flew off. Shortly afterwards, one of them came back and sipped some nectar (oh, who are we kidding? It's sugar water). As I was leaving for work, looking through the garage window, I saw him come back and drink some more. I was really very excited. Yay, hummingbirds. I'd like to put up some more feeders. Then I shall have an urban hummingbird oasis.
But this morning, I saw TWO HUMMINGBIRDS! They perched for a few minutes on one of the wires hanging oh-so-attractively across my backyard, then flew off. Shortly afterwards, one of them came back and sipped some nectar (oh, who are we kidding? It's sugar water). As I was leaving for work, looking through the garage window, I saw him come back and drink some more. I was really very excited. Yay, hummingbirds. I'd like to put up some more feeders. Then I shall have an urban hummingbird oasis.