The household of Scottius Maximus and LutheranLucy are blessed to live on "Hummingbird Lane"! No, that isn't the name of our street, but it is for our hummingbirds! We have a feeder somewhat like the one pictured here and usually have a couple of hummingbirds feed off of it throughout the day. Just yesterday we started receiving a third visitor. They are so much fun to watch and are actually quite fearless as they buzz above our heads back and forth to the feeder and then to the trees or wires. They are not very good about sharing either and are constantly chasing each other off from the feeder! Pretty soon they will be migrating South for the winter so we will miss them a lot! We were watching a show about them not too long ago, and it was said that about only 20% of the hummingbirds who fly across the Gulf of Mexico (with their fattened up bodies for the journey) make it across the Gulf! It is a wonder that any of them survive at all across that vast amount of water! That is just another proof of God's provision and care for all of life!
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My father's wife has attracted hummingbirds to her feeders, and she only lives about a half an hour south of us. I've thought of putting up some feeders myself, but right now I want to concentrate on keeping plants alive!
Hi Barb! Yes, there will be a time and place for your own hummingbird feeders! We can't overwhelm ourselves with too many goals, can we? :) I get into BIG trouble when I do that!
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