August 15, 2009

Urban nature

I moved our little bistro table in the backyard to a shady spot and with that, I started spending a little more time outdoors. The best of it is we have a hummingbird feeder set up near the table and right in front of the kitchen window and it's brought quite a few hummingbirds in (my birding buddy at work says they are Anna's hummingbirds). They fly up into our trees, so I think they have nests up there, and I hear them chatting all day long. What's really cool is watching them up close-when they drink the sugar water, you can see them gulping it and when they are just sitting there, they will open their long pointy beaks and be quiet and still, just looking around.
We've got morning glory growing over the fence and HUGE black bumble bees are sucking out the nectar. Then there are the pretty roses we've planted-miniature, peppermint, and an old English variety that smells like rose perfume.

1 comment:

  1. It looks like you've got some nice solar LED lighting as well.

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