Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for April 01, 2021

Broomie, that’s going to last you about as long as it takes to drink it.

Yep! They are the best!

The ones that come to my feeders are anything but generous. They fuss and fight over them.

Just make sure to leave enough for them, Broomie!

I thought they were mosquitoes

Not ours. We have two feeders on opposite sides of a fence and each hummer will try to guard both. They fight a lot, too.

There’s a neglected brand. “Humingbird Water.”

Nope. Generous they are not. Extremely territorial and selfish. At least around our feeders.

Hummingbirds are so cool to watch.

She should be using a straw.

My backyard camera kept catching a hummingbird apparently attracted to the camera’s red light. So I put a feeder out there (looks a lot like the one above) and apparently scared it away.

What…no Mountain Dew?

She doesn’t know hummingbirds very well. Just watch your back side, Broomie.

Uh Broomie. Why are you exhausted? Your broom is doing all the work?

Good old hummingbirds! Broomie was lucky to run into that little cluster of them (with that big, big sugar-water dispenser)!