One
of the hardest things to leave behind from our home in southern California was
all of the wonderful birds. The regulars
included Towhees, Wrens, Warblers, Phoebes, and many kinds of Sparrows and
Doves. During the migration time we had
Orioles and Black-headed Grosbeaks. One
of our favorites was the resident Hummingbirds that made our yard their home.
Our
kitties loved spending time looking out the window at all the activity in the
yard. It was like big screen TV for
cats!
Hummingbirds in this part of Texas are not here year round…only during the
migration period. I’ve been monitoring the
maps to see when we should start seeing the Hummers come through…and mid-April
was when the first sightings were being reported.
On
Saturday I put out our Hummingbird feeder and it wasn’t even a day before we
saw some activity. Yeah!!!
Here
we get Black-chinned Hummingbirds. From
the pictures I got today I think we have a male and female coming to our
feeder. They are beautiful creatures and
a marvelous picture of God’s creation.
Below
are a few pictures I was able to snap.
These birds seem very skittish and don’t linger long at the feeder. I sure do enjoy them when I see them…I hope
you do too.
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird
As
a side note, my favorite Hummingbird Feeder we have is one that sticks on the
window. We got ours at Wild Birds
Unlimited. Already, it’s been through some
crazy storms in the few days that included torrential rain, hail, lightning and
thunder. It stayed in place.
