It figures that the hummer would be too much of a prima donna to show up on the same day as all those other spring creatures. April 8 has actually been hummingbird arrival day on at least 2 of the 11 years we've been here, but my first hummer was obviously waiting to make a grand entrance. She buzzed up to the feeder while I was washing my dinner dishes around 6:00 this evening. She was very hungry. I'm sure her friends will be along soon.
Color plate illustration from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904. Image via Wikipedia.
It's because you're listening to Shankar ;-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you hear the merry flutter of many more soon.
We always compete to see who sees the first lightening bug. None yet.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of it, E, but I'm sure the hummers would love Shankar. If I ever want to drive them away I'll crank up the volume on Finntroll!
ReplyDeleteNo lightning bugs here, Bozo. We almost never see one until May, but everything comes a little later to our micro-climate. My dogwwod hasn't even started blooming yet, though I notice a lot of the ones in Nashville have.
I love that green-breasted one on the bottom on her 2 eggs!
ReplyDeleteMary, you always notice what I miss! She is beautiful.
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