sunday i found a cat playing with a snake it had killed. yesterday early evening a hummingbird flew up to me, inches from my nose, and hovered there for a few seconds while we looked each other in the eye.
oin colorado, at higher altitudes, you see broad-tailed, black-chinned and calliope hummingbirds. where i am...mostly rufous. is that the same as ruby-throated? but the big question is...how do you keep ants out of the hummingbird feeder? someone told me to grease the line, but it didn't work.
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the wonders of the backyard.
sunday i found a cat playing with a snake it had killed. yesterday early evening a hummingbird flew up to me, inches from my nose, and hovered there for a few seconds while we looked each other in the eye.
miraculous.
Just how red is your nose?
(I know, the miracle of the backyard. Hmm. A good idea/name for a book/art piece/something.)
What kind of hummers do you get out there? We only get Ruby-throated, unless it is a reall rarity...
oin colorado, at higher altitudes, you see broad-tailed, black-chinned and calliope hummingbirds. where i am...mostly rufous. is that the same as ruby-throated? but the big question is...how do you keep ants out of the hummingbird feeder? someone told me to grease the line, but it didn't work.
Rufous and Ruby-throated are not the same. I think one of my neighbors has gotten a rufous once or twice in the 30 years she has lived here.
I'll email you the ant solution...
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