Showing posts with label Hummingbird Sighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hummingbird Sighting. Show all posts

Monday, August 21, 2023

Flight Of The Hummingbird...


 Tonight, as the dog and I continued our after work ritual game of fetch, something jetted in front of my eyes. I followed the blur to our garden where the object hovered in space. I took out my phone to try and capture a video, because I love watching hummingbirds.

Who doesn't?

At our last home we were surrounded by trees...not Western Washington State trees, but enough that they surrounded our house. We moved to a place that is somewhat lacking in the tree department. I don't know much about hummingbirds, but I assumed they need a lot of trees to survive, and since we have fewer trees, I wasn't sure if I'd see a hummingbird anytime soon.

Guess I did.

Once a hummingbird is spotted, it's darn-near impossible to capture said bird on a photo or video, but I thought I'd try anyway. I don't know if our dog saw saw the bird. He doesn't see much lately due to his long hair (I'm surprised he sees anything at all...). Our dog is a poodle, so he's not a true bird dog, even if he did see the bird, I know he wasn't as excited as me.

I've wanted to get a hummingbird feeder for some time. We had one years ago and I loved it. Too bad it died due to the the suction cups failing. Seeing this little guy (or gal...) flying around, I'm going to see if I can find a reasonably-priced hummingbird feeder...

Now that I know they're here.