Monday, August 15, 2016

Hummingbird wars...

This little fellow (I guess it's a fellow!) has been hogging the hummingbird feeder. He sits guard on a nearby sunflower and when other hummers come along he attacks and drives them off. He was doing this this morning and was still at it when I came home from work!  See him silhouetted against the sky?

 Here he was craning his neck to get a better look at me. You can see his ruby throat. There's a lot of dive-bombing and chattering going on. He's still doing this as I type. Little rascal!
This woodpecker card is for a Make Me Happy swap. I mailed it out this afternoon.
We also have a monthly RAK (Random Act of Kindness) that we do at my ATC website. Each month someone is nominated who could use some encouragement and support. One gal lost her husband a month or so back, so we sign up to send her a "care" package. This is a bookmark I made, along with some other things I thought she might like; art materials and such along with a note. I think about 30 people signed up, so she will get quite an avalanche of mail. It's a nice thing to be able to take part in. 

 This llama was for another Make Me Happy swap. In these we send a card to just one person.
 Look what just came in the mail! MK, do you suggest reading the books in order, or can they be read in any order?
 I tried to capture the sunrise. Too bad about the power lines. Oh well, it was amazingly orange!
Almost forgot! Here's my harvest so far. Well, I did have one earlier. A lot of my tomatoes had blossom end rot, but it looks like I'll get a few good ones before cold weather sets in. That's all I really wanted. Just a few fresh tomato sandwiches and some to slice and douse with Ranch dressing!
I have a hankering for a sloppy joe, so I think I'll make some!
 Thanks for dropping by!
Shalom to all.

5 comments:

  1. Lovely sunrise. We have 2 smallish windows facing east but both are blocked by neighbour's houses so we miss sunrises.
    Those tomatoes are also lovely. I love tomato sandwiches. Yumm!

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  2. We have hummingbird wars up at our cabin in the mountains - or rather, one "king of the mountain" who never lets anyone else drink. He rarely drinks, either, but sits in a pine tree or on the top of the feeder waiting for challengers, and even dive-bombing us humans if we get too close. The syrup level doesn't go down....

    It wasn't always this way, but I know that this guy or someone likeminded has been doing this for years... It's very discouraging. NOT why we put up a feeder!

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    1. I've read that putting up a second feeder some distance from the first works since he can't be defending both from other hummers.

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  3. Congratulation for your tomatoes! How time is running, it really was not so far away, when I saw your small plants...

    Nice new drawings! Good idea to make a parcel for the woman, who is alone now.

    What a great sunrise! You got up early then?

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  4. Nice sketches, Lisa. Your hummingbirds are typical of those around here, very aggressive. Once I was in Idaho and saw hummingbird feeders with 3 or 4 different levels of stations - all filled with hummingbirds feeding peacefully. I wondered if it is the ruby throated variety that fights.

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