Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 11, 2022

Birds eye view

At least it’s little Janis. Don’t befriend the Canada geese.

Here’s uh….Mud in your eye.

Your little friends gave you something to remember them by.

I think maybe Janis has a brain tumor

“…Well, maybe not THAT.”

We have hummingbird feeders by our window – It’s amazing how quickly they “metabolize” their food!

You’re welcome. Plop!

We have natural hummingbird feeders. Rhododendrons and azaleas in the spring and Rose of Sharon during the summer. There have been many times when I’ve been taking a break from working in the yard where a hummingbird has stopped and hovered not more than 6 feet away, eyeing me as if trying to determine if I’m a delicate flower with delicious nectar. I think I disappoint them when I say that if they want a delicate flower they’ll have to wait until my wife comes outside.

We have three hummingbird feeders, and routinely a small swarm. We think the collective for the species should be called a “pugilism.”

Birdie, birdie, in the sky, You drop whitewash in our eye. I’m sure glad that cows don’t fly!

birdie birdie, in the sky…

This is fair. She caused the poop.

Never saw so many Ruby Throated hummingbirds at the feeders in NE PA as I did in August, had to put up a 2nd one. I believe most have started their migration south, I still see one or 2 but not the masses anymore.

My wife says our hummingbirds cuss at us if we take the feeders to clean and refill. But I can’t hear that high, just the beat of their wings.

I’m pretty sure Janis is wiping away a tear because it’s September and the hummingbirds will leave soon, knowing she won’t see them again until next year.

Birdy, birdy, in the sky..; why’d you do that in my eye!

Off topic: Today’s Bing photograph hits hard: https://www.bing.com/

Janis’s tear at the end is because it is September 11th.

We hummingbird feeders that often go dry (the birds are hungry), just outside our breakfast nook so I can watch them through the windows. One day, when the feeder was empty and a hummingbird saw me watching it, it started to tap on the window telling me to put food in the feeder. When I did, it went right to the feeder.

My hummingbirds would never get that close to me.

That’s why you should never stand under a chicken.

No good deed goes unpunished.

It’s the little things in life Janis appreciates!

If you’ve watched them very long, you know they always “empty” just before they feed!

I like to watch hummingbirds fight!

The poor little thing didn’t have anything else to give you, Janis. :-)

Some of the hummingbirds hereabouts squeak when they dart around. My wife told me what the difference was between them and the ones that hum/buzz but I forgot it.

Well, not everything……

I can attest that, as the hummingbirds leave our feeder, they more often than not unload during takeoff.

What is it? One part sugar to four parts water?

Birdie, birdie in the skydrop some whitewash in my eye.I’m not sad, I won’t cry,I’m just glad that cows don’t fly…

There is a Desert Museum in AZ near Tucson that has an entire building with hummingbirds loose in it. At the right time of the year, if you go in and they are nesting, they will come up to you if you sit still and will pick some hairs off your head – red hair attracts them, I found out – and will also try to get fluid from your mouth or even nose. We used to spend a lot of time in there, as it does take time for your eyes to adjust to their very quick movements and how they can be right next to you and just blend in. They are just fascinating to watch.

Makes sense. Short distance from the intake to the exhaust

birdy birdy in the sky. why’d you do that in my eye.

And here’s a little something for you!

Argentina is the king of hummingbirds including the largest in the world.

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superm… It’s a bird.