Monday, August 22, 2016

Hummers!

 I love hummingbirds!


Oh, this is not a hummer! This is my fabulous Blu2, the Afghan Hound! But the evening sun was lighting his face so beautifully, I couldn't resist.


All these years and I didn't know we had hummers in this area. When a friend told me about them a couple years ago, we got a feeder. The first year, we were so excited to see one!


Last year, our feeder didn't attract very many and the ones that came were rather anti-social. Other people told us they also noticed the birds seemed skittish last summer.


This summer, we put out 3 hummingbird feeders and a cardinal feeder. It's been really entertaining in our back yard!


This weekend there were 4 and they were really putting on quite an aerial show.


The other day, I pulled into the driveway and sat in the car watching one flit from blossom to blossom on the hollyhocks.


Gah! I can't believe we're being entertained by birds. I always thought that was a hobby for either geeks or elderly folks.


 I haven't spent a lot of time trying to capture a photo, but here's what I have so far this summer...




















Don't know what this is - some kind of finch?


And back to Blu2...who needs a bath & blow-out, but not today :)


Summer is winding down but really, here in Oklahoma, we're getting into the best time of year!