Monday, April 15, 2019

Hummingbird!

A mockingbird hunted in the front lawn.  An egret waded by the pollen-coated bank of the dam.  A black swallowtail egged the rue.  Another, very tattered, went from flower to flower for nectar.  I was certain I saw a big green and white beetle in the rue but the camera revealed a dogwood petal caught on the new leaves.  A snout butterfly perched on a stake and showed where it got the name.  A brown moth perched on a brown twig above the brown dirt and the camera refused to focus on it. 

A gorgeous male ruby throat informed us that the sugar water had gone bad.  He was gone before the camera finished opening.  He or another returned at dusk.  I had put out a fresh feeder but the hummer didn't stay.


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