We have been enjoying our hummingbirds this year! There are so many in our garden, and they visit both feeders all day long. They are so accustomed to us that we are allowed to stand right by the feeders and watch them buzz around! Indigo had one graze the top of his head last week in an attempt to get to the feeder first. He loves the birds, and in this picture he is holding the pencil as a "perch" so that one might land right on it.
You have to look closely in this one to see the little finch watching the hummingbird buzz around near the feeder.
Our other favorite Summer time birds are the gold finches. They are so beautiful, and so fun to watch. They eat hanging upside down! Mimi and Grandad gave us a gold finch feeder, but so far the finches have just ignored it. They eat from our many sunflowers, and (to my surprise) they also love the zinnias. Every morning when we go out to feed the hens, we stop by our main flower garden to watch a cloud of gold finches fly up into the trees. Look closely. They blend in with the flowers...
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The goldfinches have been loving our sunflowers here as well. We were only able to harvest a few seeds from each one. The girls decided to move the birdbath out front to the garden so they could have somewhere to cool off. I wish we could feed the other birds, but the squirrels are so bad that we only feed during the late fall to early spring. Perhaps once we get that dog.....
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