[NatureNS] hummers and fledged families..

From: "Judy Tufts" <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 21:20:17 -0300
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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

 

 

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  Judy Tufts 

   Wolfville

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