Friday, August 23, 2013

Finally a ruby throat


A male hummer appeared but preferred the herbs to the feeder.  A female seems to have a particular dislike of titmice and drove one away twice.  A nuthatch visited briefly.  Other than that it was the usual suspects.  Lots of finch drama as one female claimed the perch.   One finch has a blushing chest which I think means it's an immature male.  The other males are still quite red.  First a great egret, then a great blue heron rested on the dock.

The perplexing bumblebee is still visiting the rosemary.  A blue tailed skink came out at lunch.  A green frog got caught in the skimmer.  There was a fine finch frenzy at lunch, and again in the evening.  Two families have raised too many offspring.  The brown headed nuthatch got caught up in the finch congestion at the feeder in the evening.  Two Carolina wrens arrived in the late afternoon after the rain started.


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