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Last Sun Aug 18 our last adult male RTHU left our Wolfville Ridge property. The one remaining immature appears to be in no hurry to leave. Yesterday afternoon (22nd) while watching it come to one of our feeders I was surprised to see two RTHU newcomers (imms.?) suddenly appear together out of nowhere and tried to come to the feeder. Our little hummer would have none of it and quickly chased them out of sight before returning to land near the feeder to keep guard! The vagrants have not been since so possible looked for a more welcoming location. It has been a most unusual hummingbird season here on Wolfville Ridge. Other avian delights we have been enjoying this week is our recently fledged family of Song Sparrows on our property this week. There are at least four youngsters and their enthusiasm of chasing and occasionally falling over each other as they rush to inspect just about everything in sight and chase the parents for food, is priceless. Also 'our' chickadees managed to raise a second family in the same nest box this year. Not expecting to find any little birds in the nest box as I checked it last Sunday, when I removed the lid there were five perfectly mature nestlings in a perfectly symmetrical and beautiful circle with their heads pointing inward. Not a peep, no anxiety shown... oh! how I wished I had had my camera. It was like an unbelievably gorgeous mosaic. Not surprisingly, within 2 hours I saw the backyard garden full of excited baby birds...the chickadees, and the sparrow families, discovering their 'new' world. Cheers, Judy Tufts >>>>>>>> Judy Tufts Wolfville <<<<<<<<
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