We have bunches of hummingbirds that arrive each spring and stay until Sept/Oct. They're sooo tiny and cute. They drive my cats NUTS :0) There is one little guy, who we've nicknamed Cujo, that hangs out on the grapevine outside the front door (where I have a hummingbird feeder hanging) from the butt-crack of dawn, leaving during the heat of the day to fly back up into the canyon where it's cooler, then returning to resume his post around 7 p.m. He perches on that vine to protect "his" feeder. The onery little booger will chase off any other hummingbird that comes to get a little sip out of that feeder. It's neat to watch them "duel" with their beaks while flying around the yard. Cujo has gotten used to us standing at the screen door watching him...it doesn't seem to bother him too much. He will even swoop down and land on the grapevine or feeder while we are standing or sitting on the steps. I look forward to having him around all summer to entertain me. So do the cats ;0)
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OMGosh if that is not cool! I love hummingbirds! Had no idea they were so defensive though! LOL We have a few birdhouses and see them come and go alot. TONS of little bity yellow finches this year - so cute! Now... our tease is the squirells which our dog and cat love to chase and hunt down - once one cat "brought" me a tail..ewww!
Darla
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